Disznóko Tokaji Dry Inspiration 2021 is a vibrant and aromatic white wine made from 100% Furmint. With notes of glazed lemons, ripe peaches, honeysuckle, and beeswax, it also carries hints of pie crust and praline. The palate is full and creamy, with fresh acidity and succulent fruit flavors like mangoes and peaches. Aged in a mix of Hungarian oak barrels, this wine is well-structured with a crisp finish. It's perfect as an aperitif or paired with seafood, poultry, or light meats. Best enjoyed now, though it can also be cellared for a few more years.

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Published: Jul 18, 2023

This is aromatic with glazed lemons, ripe peaches, honeysuckle and beeswax. Some pie crust and praline undertones, too. Full and creamy with clean acidity and succulent fruit, like mangoes and peaches. Round-textured and layered. Drink now.

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Characteristics of the vintage
Budbreak, flowering and ripening were later than usual. After an extremely hot and dry June and July, August and September were cool helping to preserve a lot of acidity in the grapes.
Five different blocks of the Disznókő vineyard specifically selected for this wine were harvested and vinified separately. Manuel harvest of fully ripened, healthy bunches started on 21st September for the western slopes, followed by the southern slopes on 22nd and 23rd September. The grapes were picked in small boxes of 20 kg (44 lbs).

Vinification
Full bunch pressing followed by a tailored vinification for each lot, by experimenting different selected yeasts and natural fermentation. Fermentation in barrels of 225- and 500-litres, mostly of 2 to 5 years old, 10% new Hungarian (Zemplén) oak. In some barrels malolactic fermentation occurred spontaneously.

Grape varieties
100% Furmint

Maturing
The wine was aged in the same type of oak as used for the fermentation for 3 months, the different lots were blended in March 2022, then it continued its ageing in tank. Bottled in July 2022.

Tasting notes
Pale straw yellow colour with green reflex. Its nose has white fruits, pear, stone fruits aromas, with hints of vanilla. The palate is very fresh, with good weight and crisp acidity, structured but also nicely textured, with some saltiness in the finish.
(March 2022)

Serving
Disznókő Tokaji Dry Inspiration 2021 can be served as an aperitif, with seafood as well as with poultry, game birds, pork, or veal. Serve cool (10 °C). Drink now or cellar it for 2-3 years.

Analysis
Alcohol: 13.5%
Residual sugar: 3.8 g/l
Total acidity: 8.06 g/l