EASTERN EUROPE SUMMARY ALESSIA BOTTURI EASTERN EUROPE SUMMARY ALESSIA BOTTURI EASTERN EUROPE HUNGARY QUALITY CATEGORIES HUNGARY OVERVIEW
MOSTLY WHITE VARIETALS (60%) (FURMINT, HÁRSLEVELÜ, MUSCAT LUNEL) ! REDS ARE WITH KÉKFRANKOS (BLAUFRANKISCH - Austrian influence), KADARKA AND ZWEIGELT (Austrian Influence) ! Strong focus on BOTRYTIS component in wines ! MANY INTERNATIONAL VARIETALS ! 30 WINE REGIONS – ONLY A FEW SIGNIFICANT SOME HISTORY...
FORMERLY PART OF “PANNONIA” UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE ! LATE 1600 PRODUCTION IN TOKAJ REGION ! 1700, VINEYARD CLASSIFICATION ! GOLDEN AGE FOR TOKAJI ! 1800 PHYLLOXERA THEN COMMUNISM (1947) TOKAJ
1700 CLASSIFICATION: 173 VINEYARDS ARE DIVIDED INTO 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD GROWTHS ! 74 VINEYARDS ARE 1ST GROWTH SZARVAS AND MEZES MALY ARE GREAT FIRST GROWTH ! TOKAJI (Regional), TOKAJ (Classico), TOKAY (Old spelling)?? TOKAJI ASZÚ
KING LOUIS XIV NAMED IT “WINE OF KINGS AND KING OF WINES” (ANOTHER ONE!) ! IT WAS CONSIDERED THE BEST DESSERT WINE IN EUROPE ! PRODUCED IN THE TOKAJ-HEGYALJA REGION ! SOIL: VOLCANIC LOESS AND CLAY TOKAJ TOKAJI ASZÚ
ASZÚ= DRIED GRAPES PASTE, AFFECTED BY NOBLE ROT (Botrytis) ! MADE WITH FURMINT (MAINLY), HÁRSLEVELÜ, MUSCAT LUNEL, OREMUS ! TOKAJI ASZÚ
THE PASTE ADDED TO THE WINE IS MEASURED IN PUTTONYOS (EACH BASKET 25KG = 20 LT ASZÚ PASTE) WHICH IS LABELLED AND INDICATES SWEETNESS LEVEL ! THE MIX IS MADE IN GÖNCI (136 LT) TOKAJI ASZÚ
3 puttonyos - 60 RS 4 puttonyos - 90 RS 5 puttonyos - 120 RS 6 puttonyos 150 RS Tokaji Aszú Eszencia 180 RS Tokaji Eszencia 450 RS (5 YRS) - Liquid honey ! MUST AGE MIN 2 YRS IN CASK + 1 IN BOTTLE TOKAJI ASZÚ
TOKAJI ASZÚ TOKAJ TOKAJ – OTHER WINES
SZAMORODNI = AS IT COMES MAY BE EDES (SWEET) OR SZARAS (DRY) OFTEN OXIDIZED ! DRY WINES - Varietally labelled (Tokay Furmint…etc…) HUNGARY – OTHER AREAS
EGER EGRI BIKAVÉR ‘BULL'S BLOOD OF EGER” KÉKFRANKOS
SOMLÓ VERY TRADITIONAL AND OXIDISED WINES HUNGARY – OTHER AREAS
BALATON LAKE CHARDONNAY, SAUVIGNON BLANC, SZÜRKEBARÁT AND OLASZRIZLING
SZEKSZÁRD MAINLY REDS, INTERNATIONAL VARIETALS PANNONIAN PLAIN PANNONIAN PLAIN
INCLUDES HUNGARY, BURGENLAND (AUSTRIA), NORTH CROATIA, ROMANIA SLOVENIA COLLIO GORIZIANO = GORISKA BRDA CARSO = KRAS WINE REGIONS
LITTORAL OR PRIMORSKA SUB-DIVIDED INTO BRDA, KRAS, KOPER, VIPAVA
REFOSK, REBULA, SIVI PINOT (PINOT GRIGIO) + INT. VARIETALS WINE REGIONS
DRAVA VALLEY OR PODRAVJE (NORTH EAST) LARGEST REGION
! MAINLY WHITE WINES RIESLING, GEWURZTRAMINER, CHARDONNAY, SAUV. BLANC
! FIRST REGION TO PRODUCE SPARKLING (1852) WINE REGIONS
POSAVJE (BORDER WITH CROATIA)
! MAINLY WHITE WINES – BULK PRODUCTION GRAZEVINA CROATIA WINE REGIONS
CONTINENTAL (KONTINETALNA) AND COASTAL (PRIMORSKA) ! COASTAL: MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE – RED SOIL LIGHT WHITE WINES (MOSTLY MALVASJIA) AND BIG REDS (CRLJENAK KAŠTELANSKI) WINE REGIONS
CONTINENTAL: MAINLY GRASEVINA GRAPE
! KNOWN FOR SLAVONIA REGION SLAVONIAN OAK CROATIA IS FAMOUS FOR... BULGARIA BULGARIA WINE REGIONS & GRAPES
DANUBIAN PLAIN– MUSCAT OTTONEL, CAB. SAUVIGNON, MERLOT, CHARDONNAY
! BLACK SEA– DIMYAT, RIESLING, MUSCAT OTTONEL, GEWURZTRAMINER, SAUV. BLANC ROMANIA OVERVIEW
12TH LARGEST PRODUCER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
! MANY INTERNATIONAL VARIETALS TO COMPETE WITH INTERNATIONAL MARKET
! EMERGING REGIONS
! QUALITY CATEGORIES
DENUMIRE DE ORIGINE CONTROLATA
VIN DE CALITATE SUPERIOARA
VIN DE MASA OR TABLE WINE GRAPES
WHITES FETEASCĂ ALBĂ , FETEASCĂ REGALĂ, GRASA DE COTNARI
! REDS FETEASCA NEAGRA, BURGUND MARE, AND BĂBEASCA NEAGRĂ
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! GREECE GREECE RETZINA (30% PRODUCTION) STEFANI VINE TRAINING STEFANI VINE TRAINING RED GRAPES
AGIORGHITIKO: SOFT AND FRUITY (LIKE BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU) XINOMAVRO: MAIN GRAPE IN MACEDONIA, GREAT AGING POTENTIAL MAVRODAPHNE: USED FOR FORTIFIED WINES WHITE GRAPES
ASSYRTIKO: HIGH IN ACIDITY, UNGRAFTED IN SANTORINI MALAGOUSIA: FULL BODY WINES MOSCHOFILERO: CRISP AND FLORAL ROBOLA: MINERAL AND CRISP RODITIS: LIGHT WINES SAVATIANO: IN ATTICA, FLORAL AND FRUITY MAIN AREAS
MACEDONIA THESSALIA PELOPONNESE AEGEAN ISLANDS CRETE MAIN AREAS
MACEDONIA NAOUSSA (REDS MADE WITH XYNOMAVRO)
! PELOPONNESE PATRAS MAVRODAPHNE (PORT LIKE) MUSCAT OF PATRAS (SWEET)
MAIN AREAS
SANTORINI VOLCANIC ISLAND MAINLY LIGHT DRY WINES WITH ASSYRTIKO - VINSANTO
! ATTICA RETZINA