Thursday, April 21, 2011

Nier Fine Wine Tokaji Aszú 5 puttonyos

Variety: Furmint, Hárslevelű
Country of origin: Hungary
Wine appellation: Tokaj
Vintage: 2000
Alcohol content: 11.5%
Color: bronze
Bouquet: expressive, aged tones, orange marmalade, honey
Taste: light to medium body, very round profile, dry orange peel, honey, nuts, long finish
Recommended food pairing: foie gras
Overall score: 88
Price: ?? (gift)
Stopper: cork
Very nice complex and properly aged Tokaji Azsu. We opened it after returning from Tokaj wines seminar where we had excellent presentation and tasted 5 samples. when we came home we realized that we had foie gras and one bottle of this 5 puttonyos Tokaji Aszu. What a lovely combination!

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