Royal Tokaji, Furmint Vineyard Selection (2018)

Concentrated wine with a firm but floral aroma, hints of apple and gooseberry leading into an intense, structured, medium-bodied style showing minerality, spice, and a long fresh finish. Summer was hot with temperatures often above 35?, again accelerating maturation and the grapes ripened and were ready for picking earlier than ever before in the written history of Tokaji. An outstanding vintage with nice balance in the dries and unbelievable richness in the sweets. We started the grape harvest for the dry wines in August, an extraordinary three weeks earlier than the previous record, and we picked the last Furmint grapes for dry styles at the beginning of September, a date usually considered early for the start of the harvest for dry wines, let alone the finish.

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