2017 Royal Tokaji 'Nyulaszo' Aszu 6 Puttonyos

In truly exceptional years Royal Tokaji selects the finest berries from its finest vineyards and carefully produces a few barrels of Single Vineyard Aszú. 2017 was such a year, just the eighth this century, showing exceptional richness, structure and backbone balanced by lively acidity - a truly volcanic vintage. Summer was hot, so we began the Aszú berry harvest in early September and continued to pick steadily in the ideal autumn weather. In particular October provided three textbook weeks for fine quality Aszú, with day after day of early morning mists, afternoon sunshine and drying winds. The Aszú wines show great structure, plenty of botrytis, depth and freshness with excellent complexity, all attributes of long ageing potential. The excellent Aszú berries with good structure and perfect botrytis were macerated in fermenting must for two days. After pressing and finishing fermentation in barrel the wines were filled into Hungarian oak casks in our extensive, deep underground cellars to mature for over two years. The final blends were carefully crafted in the spring of 2020.

2021 Vinous/Nyulászó Aszú 2017/94 tasting score,
2021 Decanter/Nyulászó Aszú 2017/94 tasting score,
2021 The Drinks Business/Nyulászó Aszú 2017/Wine review,
2021 James Suckling review/Nyulászó Aszú 2017/98 tasting score,
2021 Wine Spectator/Nyulászó Aszú 2017/94 tasting score,