Dobogo Tokaji Aszú 6 Puttonyos 2018

Dobogo Tokaji Aszú 6 Puttonyos

Region: Tokaj, Hungary

Vintage: 2018

Bottle size: 50cl

Grape: Furmint, Muscat

ABV: 11%

This Tokaji is deep gold in colour and wonderfully expressive on the nose with notes of dates, mangoes and apricots. On the palate, there are flavours of grapefruit and honey with a great mineral acidity balancing the intense sweetness. A truly superb example of why Tokaj is one of the world's great sweet wines.

Dobogó only produce 6 Puttonyos Tokaj Aszú in the best vintages. Tokaj Aszú is made from grapes affected by "noble rot", a form of botrytis which dehydrates the grapes and concentrates the sugars, aromas and acidity. The grapes are grown in the 31 year old Dobogó Pincészet, First-Growth vineyards in the volcanic subregion of Mád and Tállya. The vineyards are planted with 60% Furmint, 30% Hárslevelu and 10% Muscat Lunel.

The Aszú grapes were carefully hand-picked in stages, exclusively selecting grapes of the highest quality. On arrival at the winery, the berries were transferred to a sweet base wine for one night to macerate, in a ratio of one kilogram of Aszú grapes to one litre of base wine. Following the fermentation process, the Aszú berries were pressed and the wine was then transferred to large oak barrels for up to three years prior to bottling. Once bottled, the wine spent a further three years in Dobogó’s cellar before release.

Dobogó is a small, family-run winery comprising five hectares of vineyards in the heart of Tokaj, near the famous village of Mád. The winery is owned by Izabella Zwack and winemaker Attila Domokos, who share a vision for creating fresh, vibrant, exciting expressions of Tokaji, both in the ‘aszú’ and drier styles, while remaining faithful to Tokaj’s historic reputation for excellence.