Holdvölgy Aszú Vertical Tasting Experience ★ 4.8
Seated vertical tasting of six Tokaji Aszú vintages in Holdvölgy's 16th-century cellars in Mád, winner of Best Cellar Visit in Hungary two consecutive years.
Appointment-only visit to a historically significant Tokaj estate whose family developed the Aszú method in the 17th century. Walk through historic Mád cellars and well-tended single-vineyard blocks, followed by a seated comparison of cuvées from different parcels.
Address: Batthyány utca 59, 3909 Mád, Hungary, Tokaj
Seated vertical tasting of six Tokaji Aszú vintages in Holdvölgy's 16th-century cellars in Mád, winner of Best Cellar Visit in Hungary two consecutive years.
Private appointment at Royal Tokaji covering 1.5 miles of 13th-century underground cellars and the modern Csaba Bodonyi-designed winery. Tasting covers the single-vineyard portfolio (Mézes Mály, Nyulászó, Betsek, Szent Tamás) from dry Furmint to Aszú and Eszencia.
Participation in the Tokaj harvest at its most labour-intensive moment: hand-selecting individual botrytised aszú berries one by one from the vine.
Seated vertical tasting of six Tokaji Aszú vintages in Holdvölgy's 16th-century cellars in Mád, winner of Best Cellar Visit in Hungary two consecutive years.
Tasting of Disznókő's Eszencia, the intensely concentrated aszú berry must that flows under its own weight, alongside the full Aszú range. Guides in the UNESCO-listed cellar explain the unique chemistry of noble rot and the legal definition of Tokaji styles.
Private appointment at Royal Tokaji covering 1.5 miles of 13th-century underground cellars and the modern Csaba Bodonyi-designed winery. Tasting covers the single-vineyard portfolio (Mézes Mály, Nyulászó, Betsek, Szent Tamás) from dry Furmint to Aszú and Eszencia.
Guided walk through the Gombos-hegyi cellar row in Hercegkút, the most photographed cellar village in Hungary. Black mould-covered Swabian cellar facades carved into rhyolite-tufa, UNESCO-listed since 2002. Tour includes the Götz winery, underground gallery. Curriculum spans a seated tasting as well.
Guided exploration of Vega Sicilia's Tokaj estate in Tolcsva: centuries-old underground cellars, production facility, and a three-wine tasting from dry Mandolás Furmint through Late Harvest to Aszú. Unique opportunity to taste the only Vega Sicilia venture outside Spain.