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Royal Tokaji Aszú Essencia--Vintage 1995
Parcel: lots 689 to 690
Aszú Essencia is produced only in exceptional years. It is the richest of wines originally created by the genius of the Magyars. Fewer than 6000 bottles are produced. The handmade bottleis a replica of the earliest Tokaji bottle, dating back to the 18th Century
Tasting note: What a pity to drink a wine with such a future as this has. People are going to have to learn to lay down great Tokaji like vintage ports. Its flavours , brilliant, sumptuous and crystal clear as they are, are in their primary stage of development. But closed as it still is, tense with youth, the nose is already pungent with lanolin and marmalade over deep notes of coffee and loam. The intense sweetness is cut through with apple/quince acidity, which seizes the palate, almost stings, then hangs on and on with a flavour like baked Bramley apples. Still to come, apricots, foral notes, butterscotch. Each sip reveals a world of flavours. Hugh Johnson.
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Parcel: lots 689 to 690
Aszú Essencia is produced only in exceptional years. It is the richest of wines originally created by the genius of the Magyars. Fewer than 6000 bottles are produced. The handmade bottleis a replica of the earliest Tokaji bottle, dating back to the 18th Century
Tasting note: What a pity to drink a wine with such a future as this has. People are going to have to learn to lay down great Tokaji like vintage ports. Its flavours , brilliant, sumptuous and crystal clear as they are, are in their primary stage of development. But closed as it still is, tense with youth, the nose is already pungent with lanolin and marmalade over deep notes of coffee and loam. The intense sweetness is cut through with apple/quince acidity, which seizes the palate, almost stings, then hangs on and on with a flavour like baked Bramley apples. Still to come, apricots, foral notes, butterscotch. Each sip reveals a world of flavours. Hugh Johnson.
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ParcelWineOffered duty paid, but available in bond. VAT at 17.5% will be charged on the hammer price on removal of the lot from bond.