2009 Royal Tokaji Essencia 375ml Half Bottle
2009 Royal Tokaji Essencia 375ml Half Bottle
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Awards, Ratings & Reviews
98/100 — Wine & Spirits Magazine · 2009 Vintage, Tasted: Feb 2023
97/100 — Christer Byklum · 2009 Vintage, Tasted: Aug 2023
“Amber served blind. Rich nose, so much botrytis and peach, honey, almond flowers, raisins, deep and complex, stunning nose. Fresh acidity, intense sweetness, detailed, nuanced, creamy, playful yet intensely sweet and incredible texture, long.”
96/100 — Decanter · 2009 Vintage, Tasted: Aug 2022
(When to drink: 2022–2042)
18/20 — Jancis Robinson · 2009 Vintage, Tasted: Feb 2025
(When to drink: 2022–2055)
James Suckling · 2009 Vintage, Tasted: Aug 2022
“Wine does not get more concentrated, dense and viscous than this Tokaji Essencia, but alongside the unctuous sweetness, it also has extraordinary freshness. The fruit aromas range from blood to quince jelly, but there's also a slew of spices and notes of flowers and forest honey. Although it barely has 2% alcohol, it is much more vinous than that figure suggests. Titanic creme brulee character at the huge finish. Just 1,386 half-bottles were made. Should live longer than any of us! Drink or hold.”
About This Wine
Essencia is the world’s most concentrated essence of its ripest grapes. Essencia is the liquid gold that very slowly oozes from a pile of aszú grapes raisined by botrytis.
The 2009 vintage was harvested between October and November, with grapes picked individually during the aszuzás process.
The juice fermented spontaneously and extremely slowly in glass jars, followed by ageing for seven years in glass jars before bottling. Essencia is made in very limited quantities and represents the most concentrated expression of Tokaji.
Specifications
- Vintage: 2009
- Grape Variety: Furmint, Hárslevelű, Yellow Muscat (aszú berries)
- Region: Tokaj / Hungary
- Alcohol: 1.8%
- Sweetness: Luscious
- Acidity TA: 11.83 g/L
- Acidity pH: 3.47
- Maturation: 7 years in glass jars
- Production Attributes: Unoaked
- Winemaker / Ownership: István Szepsy
- Closure: Cork
- Drinking Window: 2022–2055
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