Disznókő Tokaji Late Harvest 2022 (50cl)
£16.95
The wine
Light gold, delicately sweet and complex, with honey, greengage, pineapple and candied lemon over floral notes. Silky on the palate with a lively, juicy undertone and a long, clean finish.
Made from selected clusters touched by noble rot, slowly pressed without destemming and fermented in stainless steel, then aged for around 18 months in older oak in Disznókő's traditional underground cellar. The hot, dry 2022 season ended with late September rain that brought on intense botrytis.
The producer
Disznókő
View all Disznókő winesDisznókő takes its name from a vineyard first recorded in 1413, and from the volcanic rock at its heart that gave it the name "wild boar stone". In the Tokaj classification compiled in 1732, its principal vineyards were ranked as first growths. AXA Millésimes bought the estate in 1992, replanted it at higher density and built a new winery, and Disznókő has since been at the forefront of the renaissance of great Tokaji.
The estate lies in the warm south of the region at Mezőzombor, a single contiguous vineyard of over 100 hectares on south-facing slopes of clay over volcanic rock. Sheltered by the Zemplén Mountains and bathed in morning mists from the Great Hungarian Plain, it is ideal for noble rot. The range runs from dry Furmint through Late Harvest and Szamorodni to Aszú, made by a team led by László Mészáros.
