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500ml
Bottle:
$18.94
12 bottles:
$18.56
Pale to golden yellow. The heady intensity of wild flowers and fresh fruits (peach, plum, citrus, honey) abound in...
500ml
Bottle:
$41.54
Tasted at the Disznóko vertical in London, the 2013 Tokaji Aszu 5 Puttonyos is an (Aszú) blend of 75% Furmint, 15%...
500ml
Bottle:
$62.90
$65.20
This golden-colored Tokaji has aromas of raw honey, apricot blossom, pear and baked apple tart. Silky smooth upon...
375ml
Bottle:
$497.95
This 2009 Eszencia is the oldest and darkest in color in comparison to the other vintages in the vertical line up. It...
500ml
Bottle:
$26.94
12 bottles:
$26.40
Marmalade, ripe apricot, ripe apple, honey, chamomile, a touch of spice and acidity that sings!
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Szepsy Tokaj Aszu 6 Puttonyos 2002
500ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$294.29
Though this dessert wine is already excellent, it's quite exciting to imagine how good it will be as its delicate...
Pre-Arrival
Szepsy Tokaj Szamorodni 2016
500ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$70.13
Such a complex nose of dried apricot, mango and papaya with quite some spice from botrytis. Very lush and rich, but...
Dessert Wine Niagara Zinfandel Hungary
The precise origins of what became known as the Zinfandel grape variety are uncertain, although it has clear genetic equivalents in both Puglia and Croatia. However, when it was brought to the New World in the mid 19th century, it became known as the Zinfandel, and has been consistently popular and widely grown ever since. These very dark and very round grapes have a remarkably high sugar content, resulting in relatively high levels of alcohol in the wines they are made into, with bottles often displaying as much as fifteen percent. What makes the Zinfandel such an interesting grape, though, is the fact that the flavors produced by this varietal vary considerably depending on the climate they are grown in. In cooler valley regions, the Zinfandel grapes result in wines which hold strong flavors of tart and sweet fruits; raspberry, redcurrant and sweet cherry, held in a very smooth and silky liquid. Conversely, warmer regions result in more complex and spicy notes, including anise, pepper and hedgerow berries.
Hungary was once considered one of the world's leading wine countries, with their distinctive and flavorful wines being the favorites of Europe's royal families until the early 20th century and the fall of the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary. The Soviet Union all but obliterated Hungary's wine traditions, replacing their unique produce with the sweet and characterless red wines the country is still often associated with, yet thankfully, the past twenty five years has seen an impressive return to form. All over the historic Tokaj region, craftsmen and master vintners are using the grape varietals which thrive on the hillsides in the hot summers and long autumns to once again produce the amazingly flavored Tokaji wines – a wine made by allowing the grapes to wither on the vine, thus concentrating the sugars and producing remarkable flavors and aromas of marzipan, dried fruits, pear and candied peel.