($165, Vintus): Tokaj is one of the world’s great places for producing sweet wines. To produce a sweet wine, winemakers there add over-ripe and shriveled grapes (Aszú) that may or may not have been attacked by botrytis or “noble rot” to the juice just before fermentation. … Read more
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Disznókõ, Tokaj (Hungary) Aszú 5 Puttonyos 2005
($45, Vintus): Tokaj is one of the world’s great places for producing sweet wines. To produce a sweet wine, winemakers there add over-ripe and shriveled grapes (Aszú) that may or may not have been attacked by botrytis or “noble rot” to the juice just before fermentation. … Read more
Disznókõ, Tokaji (Hungary) Dry Furmint 2011
($20, Vintus): Although Tokaji is renown for its delectable sweet wine, the region also makes dry wine from the same grape, Furmint. This one is clean and fresh with a slightly steely signature that makes it extremely appealing with grilled fish and roast chicken.… Read more