NYULÁSZÓ – 1st GROWTH
TOKAJI ASZÚ 6 PUTTONYOS 2018
In truly exceptional years Royal Tokaji selects the finest berries from
its finest vineyards and carefully produces a few barrels of Single
Vineyard Aszú.
After a cold winter, temperatures rose rapidly in April and May,
stimulating vigorous growth in the vines. Harvest was the earliest in
living memory and probably the earliest ever, providing good
volumes of healthy, ripe grapes with firm acidity and excellent
quality. The warm, dry autumn was more conducive to drying the
grapes than to botrytis, but nevertheless we managed to pick a very
satisfactory amount of fine quality Aszú berries. Overall, a record-
breaking and outstanding vintage, fresh, rich, and balanced.
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 2021.
Nyulászó (meaning “a good place to catch hares”) is a celebrated
First Growth vineyard overlooking the village of Mád. Its volcanic
bedrock is overlaid with rich, brown clay interspersed with lighter
rhyolite tuff, consistently producing racy, perfumed, elegant wines
with a steely backbone. Royal Tokaji owns 15 ha of parcels planted
mainly with Furmint, Hárslevelű and Kabar vines with an average
age of around 25 years.
This wine is lively and elegant, tropical fruits and vanilla on the nose
with ripe melon, greengage plums and apricot on the palate balanced
by silky acidity. The finish is long and incredibly complex.
Enjoy now or cellar for future enjoyment as the wine matures. Sip on
its own as an aperitif, serve with fruit-based desserts or hard cheeses,
or enjoy this mouth-watering wine on its own instead of a pudding.
Alcohol: 11 %
Sugar: 204,8 g/l
Acidity: 6,82 g/l
Grape varieties: Furmint, Hárslevelű
Bottling date: June 2021
