This Tokaji Asz 5 Puttonyos ‘Blue Label’ Royal Tokaji features an intense nose with a perfect balance of richness and crisp acidity all supporting the delicious stone fruit of white peaches and ripe plums. The ideal autumn weather allowed for a harvest of perfect grapes filled with depth, freshness, and complexity, and promise of a long ageing potential. Enjoy now or cellar for future enjoyment.Sip as an aperitif, serve with fruit-based desserts or hard cheeses or enjoy this mouth-watering wine on its own instead of a dessert.Serve cool.

Critic Review

Decanter Magazine: 92Pts
Drinking Window: 2021–2031

“The Blue Label is the producer’s best-known classic Asz wine, sold as Red Label in the USA. A refreshing nose of citrus blossom, elderflower, marmalade and ginger spices. Refreshing acidity balances a comparatively light palate of apricot, bruised yellow apple, tangerine peel and white pepper. The sugar level sits at 158 g/l, which is well-balanced by the crisp mineral acidity (7.9g/l).“
Sylvia Wu

JancisRobinson.com:17.5Pts

“Heady aromas of golden currants steeped in honey and orange blossom. Incredibly fresh and dancing on tiptoe despite the sweetness. Fresh oranges frame kumquats in cinnamon syrup, and gossamer-fine threads of Earl Grey tea weave through the wine bringing angle and more freshness and easing the sweetness into something thats almost thirst-quenching. A real delight.”
Tamlyn Currin

About the Producer

During the period of Communist rule in Hungary (1939-1945), the production of high-quality Tokaji wines declined and nearly became extinct due to a focus on quantity over quality. However, since the fall of Communism and the establishment of The Royal Tokaji Wine Company in 1989, a partnership between local wine growers in Md and international investors, there has been a resurgence of these fine wines.

Vineyard and Winery

Fine quality Asz berries with good flavour, balance and perfect botrytis were macerated in fermenting must for two days. After pressing and finishing fermentation, the wines were filled into 300 and 500 litre Hungarian oak casks in our extensive, deep, underground cellars to mature for over two years. The final blends were carefully crafted in the spring of 2020.