Tokaj Part 1: Sweet Relevance

RE: Tokaj Part 1: Sweet Relevance

Eric Danch — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 00:25:44 GMT

Great question Jesse Guillen. I can't speak for Royal Tokaj, but this looks like an appraisal of the overall quality, not the RS level on its own. 2009 was a tricky vintage and not wildly regarded as anything exceptional. For some, the sweeter the wine, the better the dessert wine. For many in Tokaj (I hope most), there must be balance. Sometimes and elegant 5P can be more expensive than a flabby 6P for instance. My guess is that Royal Tokaj made something special out of 2009, but it didn't have what they consider the full 6P balance. A slightly educated guess unless we ring up Royal Tokaji:)

RE: Tokaj Part 1: Sweet Relevance

Jesse Guillen — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 22:04:53 GMT

[mention:ea7a538b88864d1bab2cea96f4fe46b6:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05], or anyone else, when looking at RS requirements for pre-2013 aszu wines, I'm a bit confused about one my restaurant has. 5 puttonyos wines needed a minimum of 9% alcohol and 120g/l sugar and 6 puttonyos wines needed a minimum of 150g/l sugar. Why then is the 2009 Royal Tokaji labeled as 5 puttonyos when it has 174g/l and easily qualifies for 6 puttonyos? Thank you in advance!

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Wanda Cole-Nicholson — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 07:15:21 GMT

Very informative. Great read. Thanks a bunch :-)

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Gloria Chang — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 23:54:04 GMT

Excellent excellent article!

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Peter Weltman — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 23:04:50 GMT

The only thing positively more knowledgeable and entertaining than reading this is listening to Eric Danch talk about this live! This was absolutely exquisite, filled with high level anecdotal knowledge, historic facts, while also offering key points on how to take it all to the sales floor. Eric, thank you!

RE: Tokaj Part 1: Sweet Relevance

Eric Danch — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 07:02:15 GMT

Happy to hear and thank you Paul. #2 will be ready in a couple of weeks. Working on that as we speak...

RE: Tokaj Part 1: Sweet Relevance

Paul Noii — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 00:37:48 GMT

That was awesome. Thanks Eric. When can we expect part 2?