What it pairs with
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Natural-rind blue cheese
Wild ferment complexity and sweetness in the wine match a complex artisanal blue cheese. -
Walnut and honey cake
Wild honey and walnut notes in the wine complement this classic Hungarian pastry. -
Foie gras with fig chutney
Sweet-acid-richness balance of Aszú handles foie gras; fig echoes the wine's fruit.
History
Bott Pince first produced Aszú in earnest from the 2011 vintage, applying their organic and natural-wine philosophy to Tokaj's traditional botrytised sweet style.
- 2011 — First Bott Aszú 5 puttonyos with spontaneous-fermentation natural method
Facts
- Producer
- Bott Pince
- Grapes
- Furmint, Hárslevelű
- Classification
- Tokaj PDO
- Oak
- Older oak; minimal sulfites; spontaneous fermentation
- ABV
- 8.5%
- Price
- €45-75 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5-25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2011
- Organic
- ORGANIC CERTIFIED
- Vegan
- Yes (no animal-derived fining)