Royal Tokaji 17 Red Label Aszú 5 Puttonyos, 2017

Royal Tokaji 17 Red Label Aszú 5 Puttonyos, 2017

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Only 15 vintages of this wine have ever been produced. The grapes, Furmint and Hárslevelű, are selected only on exceptional years, from Royal Tokaji's first and second growth vineyards. The grapes are left on the vine throughout the fall to ripen fully and  develop botrytis, or noble rot, resulting in ripe, concentrated flavors of honey, dried apricots, orange blossom, white peach, and allspice. Only a few barrels are produced. Pair with duck pâté, poached pears, or crème brûlée.

  • Sweet
  • High Acid
  • Creamy
  • Medium Bodied

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PAIRS well WITH

  • Soft Cheese
  • Charcuterie & Cured Foods
  • Dessert

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From our Importer: Only 15 vintages of the Royal Tokaji Red Label 5 puttonyos have been produced since its premier release of the 1990 vintage, 30 years ago. Since then, the Red Label has been made in 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016 and 2017. This wine is a blend of carefully selected grapes from several of Royal Tokaji’s first and second growth vineyards.

In truly exceptional years Royal Tokaji selects the finest berries from its classed vineyards and carefully produces a few barrels of single vineyard aszú wine. 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 through 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. We hand-harvested each intensely flavored aszú berry from the bunches on the vines. The aszú harvest required multiple passes through each block over many weeks. The aszú wines show great structure, plenty of botrytis, depth and freshness with excellent complexity, all attributes of long ageing potential.

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