Celebrate Aszú Day!

10 December is the international Aszú Day. How can it be international if Aszú is only made in Tokaj? You, dear wine enthusiasts, you can make it international, if you taste our liquid gold in every corner of the planet. If you taste it once, you will understand!

Did you know?

– Tokaji Aszú is a consequence of “noble rot”, which means that the grape berries are attacked by a fungus called botrytis cinerea.
– Botrytis does not come every year, thus winemakers are happy when the sacred fungus blesses a vintage.
– Not every berry is affected, as a consequence, harvest is very labour intensive: grape is picked berry by berry.
– Old women with great experience are the best Aszú harvesters.
– “Puttony” used to be a kind of “backpack” for the harvested grapes and to measure the amount of botrytised grapes added to a small “gönci” barrel.
– Recently a wine glass was developed by Halimba crystal especially for Tokaji Aszú.

Patricius Tokaji Aszú wines

The Tokaj estate makes legendary Aszú wines, no doubt about that: they won two trophies in two consecutive years at International Wine Challenge. While in 2018 their 2008 vintage 6 puttonyos Tokaji Aszú was awarded the highest acknowledgement, in 2019 the 5 puttonyos Tokaji Aszú from 2013 was appreciated with a trophy. At the other influential contest Patricius Tokaji Aszú 5 puttonyos 2018 received 92 points (which means a silver here). Decanter panel’s review: “Aromas of honeysuckle, gingerbread, apricot jam and caramel with some floral nuances. Harmonious and vinous, waxy texture and long finish.”

Currently three Aszú wines are available on Patricius webshop, one 5 and two 6 puttonyos. If you are looking for something special for this year’s Christmas, choose Patricius Tokaji Aszú 6 puttonyos from 2017 with an amazing 212 g/L sugar, balanced by 8.7 g/L acidity. “Nicest aromas of botrytized berries followed by enormous, high structure and full body. Long, smooth, endless taste and exceptional deepness of peach, apricot and fig character.  Full of Tokaj.”

Find Aszú wines on Patricius webshop

Patricius wines are available in several countries, for example in the USA by Citadella Imports.