Tasting notes:

From an excellent vintage, this wine is a very good example of what most wine connoisseurs consider ‘standard’ Tokaj wines—5 puttonyos, which means 5 small baskets of Aszú (shrivelled, botrytised) berries added to the must before fermentation, during fermentation or even newly fermented wine to develop richness and complexity. Quite deep yellow-gold in colour, the wine is aromatic, displaying yellow apple, yellow peach, pineapple and apricot with accents of creamy oak, orange and lemon zest and lime marmalade. Very sweet (162.4g/l r.s.) and mid-weight, the elegant, intense palate is framed by racy acidity. Perfumed and lingering in a very pretty style, the toffee nuance suggests pairing with crème caramel. [Patricia Stefanowicz MW]