Alana-Tokaj Tokaji Muscat Betsek Vineyard 2007

  Wine Information  Alc. 6.8%, Residual sugar 207 g/L, Acidity 4.9 g/L, Sugar-free extract 32.6 g/L. Harvested in October 2007, in our first class Betsek vineyard. 24 hour cold soak, followed by gentle pressing.Completely natural, local wild yeast fermentation without any nutrient addition.Barrel fermented and aged in new Hungarian oak barrels (Kádár Hungary, 225L, light toast) for 29 months.3 barrels blended for final assemblage. Hand bottled on March 12, 2010.  1,304 bottles produced (500 ml bottles)*Aged in bottle for 66 months prior to its release in September of 2015 Attila’s words: “Top quality botrytis on Muscat berries is the rarest beauty of Tokaj, but 2007 offered it to us in spades. While part of our gorgeous crop was picked by discriminating thieves ahead of our harvest, what made it into bottle boasts a deep gold hue, with pristine muscat aromatics, a deep profile loaded with mangoes, papaya, guava - the bounty of the tropics. Softer acidity, with a backdrop of mouthcoati