1957 Tokajhegyaljai Állami Gazdasági Borkombinát Tokaji Aszú Esszencia

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 94.7 points

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  8/20/2023 - Boone's Farm Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Sweet without being cloying. Dense plavors of raisin, plumb and apricot. Really nice acidity!
  Only about the 4th time I have had a Tokaji and this was the best.

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  7/29/2016 - finewinebuff57 wrote: 94 Points

  My birth year. In magnificent condition, and still essentially youthful (the wine!). Fantastic ambrosial colour, acidity, length and sweetness. Real complexity. Excellent.

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  7/12/2016 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Wine Monuments Man Chapter 1 (Berens am Kai 1 star Restaurant): Dried Fruits, nuts, youthful, fresh, great balance, hard job against yquem 1937, openend 48 hours before, undestroyable wine

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  3/4/2010 - stubben Likes this wine: 94 Points

  I brought this bottle to a tasting where it was tasted beside of Ch Climens and Ch Lafaurie-Peyraguey. The Tokay showed a very good balance, intense flavors of nuts and a delicate sweetness. For me it was more elegant than the Sauternes wines in this flight. The last 15% of the bottle was kept and tasted 4 days later. It showed excellent condition. Even if the wine was very good now, it will last for several decades more.

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  4/29/2007 - Vino Me wrote: 93 Points

  I purchased a glass of this at a restaurant for $15. I thought this was a great price considering an Aszu Esssencia is a couple steps above a 6 put and wines of this age and quality normally sell for at least $150. Borkombinat was the large state owned cooperative during the communist era which I believe later changed their name to Kereskedöház and has now been reorganized into Crown Estates. They were known more for high production than quality but I felt an Aszu Esszencia stood a good chance to rise above the reputation. Matched with dessert of white and dark chocolate mousse with a rasberry sauce. This was a dark burnt orange/brown color. On the nose it had a hint of balsamic. Wonderful fruit still present in this wine. Notes of blackberry, orange peel and plum brandy. Almost portlike in character. This wine was primarily characterized by very lively acidity which held everything together. Full bodied. Not a classic wine but a great experience. 93 points.

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