Pannon Tokaj Muscat Lunel Aszueszencia 2005

PV Tasting Notes

Amazingly concentrated, tight and firmly structured, thick, rich and syrupy, but not a bit heavy, orange marmalade, honey, pineapple, with spicy aromas and flavours. This is ready to drink but built for the long haul, with a massive 257 grams of sugar per litre, it is integrated but the acidity keeps it feeling very young. The finish is super long. I think this will improve further over the next 40 or so years and drink well for a further 60 years or thereabouts.

The obvious choice would be Foie Gras, but for desserts, try it with Almond cake with mango sorbet, blueberry compote with buttermilk ice cream, braised figs, caramel apple slices, citrus marmalade tart, fresh date tart, grilled pineapple, honey with poached figs, Moscoto poached pears with minted mascarpone, any type of panna cotta, or Pavlova.
 

The botrytised berries were picked by hand and placed into small crates in November; crushed, then soft pressed. The maceration lasted for 24 hours at a constant, electronically-controlled temperature in steel tank. The juice was fermented for 20 days in steel at a controlled temperature. Aged in Szerednyei (220l) oak barrels for 3 years then a minimum of 6 months in the bottle.