Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Chateau Dereszla Tokaji Dry 2006

Variety: Furmint, Harslevelu, Sargamuskotaly
Country of origin: Hungary
Wine appellation: Tokaji
Vintage: 2006
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: mineral, green melon, slight hint of canned tropical fruit
Taste: medium to full body, very round full mouth feel, minerality, hazelnuty and milky mouth feel accompanied by nice acidity, very powerful food style of wine, medium to long finish
Recommended food pairing: light dishes of pork (we had pork, cabbage, potatoes)
Overall score: 85
Price: CZK 229
Stopper: cork
Very mineral style of dry Tokaji wine. In the nose it feels mineral and dry with canned tropicl fruit and apricot tones. It is not aromatic at all, rather gentle. The same is depicted in a taste: very complex, creamy and mineral, rather complex wine. It would not be a choice for lovers of expressive wines as it is rather smoky rich flavored. 
Just found this funny review of this wine here:
http://tv.winelibrary.com/2008/03/04/secret-4-pack-tasting-episode-421/

2 comments:

  1. I think the polite description is that the wine is "brooding" (which can be taken as complex, layered and requiring time to discover its true meaning)!

    :-)

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  2. :) Hey ya from Sydney r u ready when u arrive for every week blind tastings?

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