Tokaji Eszencia, 2010

This is the very top category of Tokaj specialties. For this “wine” we only use aszú berries (shriveled berries covered with the noble rot, called botrytis cinerea). After leaving these berries in a stainless steel tank for a few days we obtain the pure juice, the essence of them (hence the name). We put the eszencia into big glass carboys for long fermentation where it gains a low alcohol content, not more than 6%. This “wine” comes from the Tokaj-Hétszőlő Imperial Estate which derives from the Hétszőlő Single Vineyard from 1502 when 7 parcels of land based on loess soil were assembled.

“We do believe that with organic approach we can protect the vitality of the vines and so have better quality now and in the future. In order to be able to communicate this philosophy we only use our own grapes to create the Hétszőlő wines.” (Gergely Makai, technical director)