2001 Kiralyudvar Tokaji Esszencia

The 2001 Tokaji Esszencia is the essence of sweet wine from Tokaji. Blending 70% Furmint with 30% Hárslevelű from the Danczka vineyard this amber-colored wine is vinous like honey. The nose is enormously deep and concentrated and the aromas are still discreet but substantial. Leather, tobacco, truffle, apricot, sweet chestnuts and licorice notes on the nose lead to an oily textured, terribly sweet but refined and elegant sweet wine with great appeal and balance. The wine is smooth and toasty, and the sweetness is by no means sticky or beyond finesse. This is a textured, highly elegant and even lively Essencia that was fermented and aged for 78 months in 100% glass demijohns. It was bottled with 4% alcohol and 464 grams per liter of residual sugar that is balanced by a total acidity of 10.3 grams per liter (pH: 3.47). Tasted in March 2019.