Essencia is the world’s most concentrated essence of its
ripest grapes, it is the ’liquid gold’ that very slowly oozes
from a pile of aszú grapes raisined by botrytis and climatic
conditions.
In 2016 we had a mild and dry winter with no serious frosts.
This was followed by a long spring, with lovely, warm days
but cool, almost chilly nights. The flowering season was
unusually long resulting in uneven fruit set in many
vineyards and across all grape varieties. From the middle of
August, the botrytis began to spread all over the region and
highly affected the grapes. By summer time we were quietly
confident of an ideal harvest, straightforward with high
quality – but July and August brought intermittent rain and
hail, reducing the crop and encouraging botrytis.
Our expert pickers carefully selected the finest berries
throughout September and October, and we were rewarded
with a small Aszú harvest of exceptional quality.
Then the free run juice - in this case from first generation
berries only - was collected. A gradual and very slow
alcoholic fermentation took place spontaneously, lasting
over 3 years.
Dark gold colour with reddish notes. The nose opens quite
rapidly and gives a lot of botrytis and extreme complexity
with lots of medlar, rosehip jelly, peach and pear.
In the mouth citric, bold and complex. Outstanding candied
fruit character, cornel jelly, and a nice touch of lemon balm
herbs. Balanced with endless freshness and fruitiness where
the high acidity balances the sweetness and contributes to a
long and thrilling finish to the Essencia.
Serve in a crystal spoon.
ESSENCIA 2016
Alcohol: 2 %
Sugar: 534,6 g/l
Acidity: 15,54 g/l
Bottling date: December 2019
2 300 bottles of 37,5 cl
