Tokaj Wine Region
The Tokaj Wine Region lies 240 kilometres North-East of Budapest, capitol of Hungary, situated in the Zemplen Mountains where Tisza and Bodrog rivers meet. The soil is largely clay or loess with a volcanic substratum.
Tokaj Wine Region enjoys long sunny summers, while dry autumns and the early morning mists, created by the meeting of the two rivers, encourage the development of noble rot, similar to Sauternes, France. The Botrytis cinerea makes the berries dry and shrivel (dry berries are called 'aszu'), thus concentrating the compounds and developing the aszu berries. All of these characteristic elements give the wines of Tokaj their own distinctive and unique terroir. One vine yields approx one glass of wine.
According to legend, the 1650 (or in some versions the 1647) harvest was interrupted by the threat of a Turkish invasion. The grapes were left on the vine and when pickers returned to the vineyards in November, the grapes had shrivelled and dried. The wines they produced, judiciously blended with wine from the previous vintage, were a revelation.
By the end of the 17th century, Tokaji aszu wines were so well regarded throughout the Courts of Europe, that Prince Rakoczi was urged to classify all the finest vineyards around the 28 villages in the region. Thus, the famed Tokaj Wine Region has the distinction of being Europe's first classified wine region (1772). Louis XIV dubbed Tokaji Wine the 'Wine of Kings and King of Wines' - quite a compliment from the king of such a legendary wine producing nation as France.
Let's make Hungarian language a little bit clearer:
Many people think Tokaji means 'sweet wine' or 'aszu' but the truth is that it means 'from Tokaj'. Tokaj = is the name of the wine region. Tokaji = from Tokaj All Aszu is Tokaji, but not all Tokaji wines are Aszu. Also, a lot of people think only sweet wines are made in Tokaj. It's not true: excellent dry, semi dry and semi sweet wines are also produced in Tokaj Wine Region.
Wineries:
Chateau Dereszla was established in 1992 by CANA (France), and the great change has come in 2000, when the D'Aulan family purcased the winery. This assures the wines to belong to the highest quality products of the world. The Dereszla Winery is in the ownership of the D'Aulan family, part of the Edonia group. To this group also belongs the Bordeaux Estates of the family (one in Saint Emilion and one in Saint Estephe), and the Argentin Estate, the Alta Vista.
The new owner stated a great development in terms of establishing the technical background, and renovating the cellar.
The potential of the cellar is excellent, it can be approached easily, and above the cellar there is a slope that covers it with about 30 m high soil. Therefore the climatic characteristics are great. The annual temperature is around 12C, the annual fluctuation is 1-2%, the humidity is 85-90%.
To the Dereszla 5 different cellar belonged, they were linked and now the cellar is 1100m long. The cellar is about 4-500 years old. The cellar wasn't large enough for the workers to work effectively, so it was deepened with 30cm, and the walls around were cut down 1.5-2 cm. This helped the Cladosporium Cellare to develop a healthy layer on the walls.
The two old building of the wine shop is part of the world heritage.
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Red Wine
Hungary is famous for both red and white wines. Here you can find excellent reds from all over Hungary. Discover Cabernets, Merlots, Pinots and Syrahs from Old World and our unique local grapes such as Kekfrankos and Zweigelt. Don't miss Bikaver (Bull's Blood) as being the most famous Hungarian red.
White Wine
The best known Hungarian white wine is sweet Tokaji. We bring you the best Tokaji wines and we encourage you to taste excellent dry whites, too. Our Furmint, Gewürtztraminer or (almost) unpronunceable Harslevelu are must try. Hope you will enjoy the new taste of Old World.
Dessert Wine
Hungary is famous for its botrytized dessert wine from Tokaj Wine Region, called Tokaji Aszu. Beside Tokaji Aszu here you can find Late Harvest for everyday drinking and Tokaji Essence for collectors; and we have dessert wine from Sopron Wine Region, too.