Chateau Pajzos Tokaji Aszu 6 Puttonyos 2017

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Furmint and Harslevelu

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Stone Fruit, Tropical Fruit, Mineral, and Concentrated / Preserved Fruit, Toasted and Sweet Spice

BODY: Full
DRYNESS: Very Sweet
ACIDITY: Medium
TANNIN: Light
ALCOHOL (%): Moderate (9-12%)

Origin: Tokaj, Hungary

Grape Varietals:

Furmint and Harslevelu

Winemaking:
Vegan Friendly
Botrytis (Noble Rot)

Maturation: >24 Months Oak Barrels

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Russian honey, marzipan desserts and game roasted with fruits.

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Japanese cheesecake, Darsaan, Dan san

Pajzos Tokaj

Started in 1991 by Bordeaux winemaker Jean-Michel Arcaute, whose wife owned Château Clinet. It's emerging sucess in the early years is decorated with various awards & accolades, being the first Hungarian winery to be awarded 100 pts for 2 wines

Description

Château Pajzos Tokaji Aszu 6 Puttonyos 2017

Grape varietals & region: The wine comprises a blend of Harslevelu, Furmint, Sargamuskotaly, Zeta and Koverszolo.

The vines that produce the fruit for this wine grow on south/southwest facing land in the Tokaj region, Hungary. The climate in Tokaj has very hot summers and cold winters, with warm days and cold nights in the autumn. The soil comprises of brown earth with clay strips mixing with andesite tuff. This means that the ground has excellent heat-retaining properties to grapes ripen beautifully and become supreme aszú berries.

Taste profile: The wine is brilliant gold in colour. The nose has clean and bright aromas of drippy honey, apricots and melon. Its high acidity balances beautifully with the wine's light body and residual sugar content. Layering notes of white peaches, apricot, melon, honeycomb and marzipan fill the palate. These enticing flavours persist well into a long finish. Sweet and complex with fantastic ageing potential.

Winemaking process: The wine ages for 3 years in 220L Szerednyei oak barrels from the Zemplén hills.

Lush & Balanced Desserts

Many of these wines often have been touched by botrytis, and have a beautiful balance between fruit & acidity. Despite being lush, they often have some brightness or mineraility to them, and are not as thick textured as some other dessert styles. Classic notes would be honey, botrytis, apricot, peach and other stonefruit, marmalade, spice

Noble Rot (Botrytis)

Wines such as Sauternes from Bordeaux; Tokaji Aszu from Hungary, and Spätlese level German Riesling all are made from ‘Noble Rot’ grapes.
These grapes are dehydrated by a fungus, which under the right conditions, results in more intensely flavoured berries, and giving them a unique flavour & texture that makes these sweet wines vivid & bright