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2013 Royal Tokaji 'The Oddity'product-timed-pdf - Dry Furmint, Tokaj, Hungary
Why We're Drinking It
Born from a long love affair with Furmint and sourced from inexplicably one of the wine world's best kept secrets,Tokaji, we are thrilled to offer our Members a white wine of such distinguished character and depth. The Furmint grape - known as the main varietal in the sweet-tasting Tokaji Aszú - reinvents itself in this dry vintage of distinct class and charm from first-growth vineyards.
Its great extraction and long barrel-aging is paired with gentle and controlled oxidation within 600 year old underground cellars. The result? A surprising energy that drives a wonderful texture, layers of minerality and a long luscious finish.
If a dry Riesling excites your palate, do not miss this offering. A vintage that Prince Rakoczi himself would have delighted in with its full, lengthy flavors that create a most agreeable food wine.
Reasons why we love it
It’s from a glorious and delightful 2013 harvest! The first year since 2009 that the region’s harvests weren’t plagued with damaging weather. Experience “pear, green apple, minerals, energetic and extraordinary acidity.” - Chicago Tribune. 2013 also announced Royal Tokaji as one of Wine & Spirits’ Top 100 Wineries of the year.
This miraculous vintage has roots in over 300 years as a native varietal of Tokaji and as wines consumed by royalty, emperors, popes and czars. In fact, Tokaji was the very first vineyard classification in the world in the 1700s and became known for producing “the wine of Kings and the King of wines.”
Co-Founder and Director of Royal Tokaji, Ben Howkins, spoke with GrapeRadio in April describing their Dry Furmint as “Chenin Blanc with attitude.” The winery considered calling this unusual vintage “a dry wine from a weird grape made by a great sweet wine producer,” but settled on The Oddity. “To be different is to be beautiful.”
Purchase your bottles today and experience royalty in a glass from a most transcendent wine!
Tasting Notes
VARIETAL The Oddity is a crisp wine with lovely acidity. It is complex, elegant and Furmint balanced, exhibiting plenty of fruit on the nose and palate. APPELLATION Tokaj, Hungary ALCOHOL 13.50 SIZE 750ml BLEND Furmint
The Story to Know
The Royal Tokaji Wine Company, founded in Hungary in 1990, has become one of the most defining wineries in Tokaj. From the outset, Royal Tokaji decided to concentrate on producing single-vineyard wines, made from the first growth vineyards of Mézes Mály, Nyulászó, Szt. Tamás and Betsek. Acknowledged as one of the region's top winemakers, combining traditional techniques with modern technology to create the award-winning Royal Tokaji range of wines. Royal Tokaji is the acknowledged leader of the renaissance of this legendary Hungarian wine, which, in the words of the wine author and company co-founder Hugh Johnson, is "a wine that would make angels sing out loud in praise".
Royal Tokaji was inspired and founded by Hugh Johnson, the noted author and wine historian, whose goal was to revive and bring back to international acclaim the wines of one of history’s most renowned wine regions.
Perfect Pairings
Royal Tokaji has experimented with many tastes and finds this to be a most agreeable food wine, particularly if you are eating Asian food—perfection. The Oddity can also be enjoyed by the glass with a bowl of olives; it partners well with dishes with chili and warm spices as well ascream sauces or garlic.
Ratings
91 Insider Points
Reviews
This delicious and intriguing wine is 100% Furmint, one of the oldest grape varietals in the world and still one of the best food wines on the planet. You feel like like you're tasting history with each sip, from the nose of dried apple, honey and lemon to the bone dry palate bursting with vibrant acidity and rich texture. Pair this with anything from a bowl of marinated olives to creamy shrimp pasta, you really can't go wrong. Enjoy now through 2019. - DZ July 2016