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The GILBERT & GAILLARD International Magazine : Make some room in your lounge for WINE REGIONS from around the world
The GILBERT & GAILLARD International Magazine :
Make some room in your lounge for WINE REGIONS from around the world
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HUNGARY<br />
– RENAISSANCE –<br />
Samuel Tinon, the French craftsman,<br />
produces exceptionally high quality<br />
Szamorodnis in his humble, typical cellar<br />
He produces the most profound Szamorodni wines we<br />
tasted. Szamorodni stems from Polish and means “as<br />
it comes”. The wines are fermented from grape clusters<br />
that have partial noble rot and are then matured for at<br />
least six months in oak casks. There are two distinctive<br />
styles of Szamorodni: a noble rot style called Édes,<br />
generally akin to the Aszú style with fresher, less sweet<br />
aromatics, making it the perfect dessert wine; and a dry<br />
wine matured biologically in an oxidative environment<br />
under a veil of flor in casks that are not topped up, which<br />
is very similar in style to Jura’s ‘vin jaune’. Maturing the<br />
wine under a veil of flor lends it distinctive aromatic<br />
notes of curry and fresh nuts which are entwined with<br />
the notes of dried apricot, honey and sweet spices typical<br />
of botrytis. This style of Szamorodni is called ‘Száraz’<br />
and, whilst traditional, is only produced by a handful<br />
of winegrowers in Tokaj. This is probably due to the<br />
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