What it pairs with
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Peach tarte tatin
Stone-fruit echoes in wine and dessert; the wine's acidity lifts the buttery pastry. -
Fresh fruit sorbet
Clean fruit sweetness and high acidity make an elegant companion for fruit sorbets. -
Soft goat's cheese with honey
Light sweetness and citrus acidity balance fresh cheese and honey.
History
Kikelet's Late Harvest was introduced to offer a sweeter expression of the estate's Tarcal vineyards in years with good late-picking conditions, without requiring full botrytis for Aszú production.
- 2008 — First Kikelet Late Harvest vintage
Facts
- Producer
- Kikelet Pince
- Grapes
- Furmint, Hárslevelű
- Classification
- Tokaj PDO
- Oak
- Matured in older Hungarian oak
- ABV
- 11.0%
- Price
- €25-40 at retail
- Drinking window
- 3-12 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2008