Wine of the Weekend

301 wines entered from 95 wineries, and from 20 wine regions at the 17th Hungarian Academy of Sciences wine contest. Patricius Tokaji 6 Puttonyos Aszú 2021 won gold medal at the contest!

Golden secrets

The 2021 vintage is not uploaded on Patricius website yet, but we know that Patricius 6 puttonyos Tokaji Aszú wines are made of Furmint mainly. The aszú berries are macerated usually for 24 hours, and the wine matures in oak for 2.5 years. Official press release of the the 17th Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Hungarian here.

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

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.

Food pairing and recipe from Tokaj hotel Andrássy Kúria & Spa

Traditional dessert with poppyseed in Tokaj, with Tokaji