Samuel Tinon Tokaj Aszú 5 Puttonyos 2022

For the Great Tokaj Sweet Wine, the botrytised grapes, called aszú berries, are picked one by one and kept in 25 kg baskets (‘puttony’ in Hungarian, which gives its name to the unit of measurement ‘Puttonyos’). The berries are macerated in a dry base wine for more than a month before undergoing a minimum of three years of ageing in Hungarian oak barrels, and often much longer. This process gives the wine its sumptuous complexity expressed by the high sugar content and the great acidity of the fruit. Samuel Tinon makes Aszú wines that strike a great balance between controlled oxidation and high-toned aromatic expression