Royal Tokaji Essencia Half 2008
Royal Tokaji Essencia Half 2008 is a luscious, medium-bodied white from Furmint, Hárslevelű, Muscat (Tokaji, Hungary), in the sweet and dessert wines style. Acidity is fresh; oak influence is little. Good with blue cheese, roast pork, fruit dessert, foie gras.
| Wine | Sweet | Body | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château Dereszla, Henye Tokaji Furmint Dry 2023 Château Dereszla · Tokaj | £11.10 | |||
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| Yquem 1971 Château d'Yquem · Bordeaux | £1253.00 | |||
| Doisy Vedrines 2001 Chateau Doisy-Vedrines · Bordeaux | £63.00 |
Tokaji Essencia is a decadently sweet wine that is incredibly rare and extraordinarily complex. The 2008 Essencia from The Royal Tokaji Company was produced from botrytised Furmint, Harslevelu and Yellow Muscat grapes hand-harvested between mid-October and mid-November once the berries had completely raisined. According to the Company’s vintage report, 2008 was almost the perfect vintage and produced a harvest of almost unparalleled quality. In 2016, Neal Martin of The Wine Advocate scored this 97 points and gave it a drinking window of 2016-2100. He described it as “an otherworldly feat of nature” with aromas of “freshly cut tangerines, apricot and orange zest” and a palate “founded upon energy and tension, a silver thread of acidity that cuts through layer upon layer of orange zest, Japanese yuzu, tangerine and honey.”