The James Suckling Wine Podcast

TASTING 2017 ROYAL TOKAJI ASZU WINES WITH WINEMAKER ZOLTAN KOVACS

November 23, 2021 James Suckling, Wine Critic / Masterclass
The James Suckling Wine Podcast
TASTING 2017 ROYAL TOKAJI ASZU WINES WITH WINEMAKER ZOLTAN KOVACS
Show Notes

JamesSuckling.com Taster Claire Nesbitt talks with Zoltan Kovacs, the winemaker for Hungarian vintner Royal Tokaji, about the winery's latest releases. Find out Zoltan's thoughts on how the weather of 2017 – especially rains in August and early September – affected what went into the bottle that year. The wines Claire tasted are all single-vineyard sweet wines. Claire says the Aszu 5 Puttonyos 2017 Claire is full of earthy botrytis notes and ginseng, while Zoltan touts its freshness and balanced acidity and mouthfeel. The 6 Puttonyos is slightly richer and a blend of Tokaji's single vineyards.