Royal Tokaji, Blue Label Aszú, Tokaji, 5 Puttonyos, 2016

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Tasted by: Sylvia Wu
Drinking Window: 2020 - 2025
Royal Tokaji has been making the 5 puttonyos style since 1990. The Blue Label is made with at least 90% Furmint and a touch of Hárslevelű, with berries mainly sourced from the producer’s long-term contract growers. Golden in colour, the 2016 vintage bursts with dried apricot, peach, fig honey and Osmanthus, tinted with beeswax and pepper. After aging in second or third-use Hungarian oak casks for two years, the palate displays spiced apricot and honeyed fig flavours, with Furmint’s tell-tale acidity spine (9.9g/l), followed by a lip-smacking spicy finish. Sugar level sits at 158 g/l, much higher than the 120 g/l hallmark for 5 puttonyos.
Royal Tokaji, Blue Label Aszú, Tokaji, 5 Puttonyos, 2016
Producer
Royal Tokaji
Brand
Blue Label Aszú
Vintage
2016
Wine Type
Still
Colour
White
Country
Hungary
Region
Tokaj
Appellation
Tokaji
Sweetness
Sweet
Closure
Cork
Alcohol
11.50%
Body
Full
Oak
Oaked
Grapes
90% Furmint
10% Hárslevelu