2013 István Szepsy Tokaji Szamorodni Édes

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 93.2 points

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  12/11/2023 - cweiss Likes this wine:

  Noah's Kitchen. Quite sweet, appropriately. Very attractive palate though not as complex as I might have hoped. Certainly good.

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  1/11/2023 - WineTally Likes this wine:

  70% Furmint and 30% Hárslevelű
  in whole bunches with equal amount of shrivelled aszú berries and
  healthy grapes from the entire 50 ha Szepsy estate (Mád, Tállya,
  Rátka, Bodrogkeresztúr, Tokaj, Tarcal) with mineral (volcanic zeolite,
  rhyolite) laden clay soil and vines of average age 40 yrs.
  Szamorodni (from Polish) means "as it comes" indicating the mixed
  bunch manual harvest.
  Aged two and half years in 200-l new Hungarian (Zemplén) oak barrels.
  11% Abv. Residual sugar: 185 g/l Acidity: 6.4 g/l
  Production: 13 166 bottles (0.5 l)
  
  Background: The Szepsy family started producing wine in Tokaj-Hegyalja
  since the end of the 16th century.
  István Szepsy was named Winemaker of the Year in 2001 and
  the Golden Vines Hall of Fame award in 2022.
  Proprietors: István Szepsy and son István Szepsy Jr.
  
  A(ccuray)=2: Bright gold/apricot. Perfumed, botrytised nectar.
  B(alance)=3: Distinctive components in harmony.
  C(omplexity)=2: Ripe tropical fruits, flowers, honey, mineral.
  D(epth)=2: Unctuous mouthfeel. Layered palate and lingering finish.
  
  Wine Tally Score [2,3,2,2]= 9/10.
  
  Refined elegance.
  
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  12/25/2020 - blaahhi wrote: 94 Points

  Mandarin, apricot, honey, lemon and other citrus fruit on the sweet nose. The sweet palate adds more of these as well as some canned mandarin and peach. Brisk stony acidity that balances the very sweet fruit. Long finish with a citric theme, tapering towards the acids. Sweet, balanced, hedonistic, but not quite as intense as an aszú would be. Stylistically nods towards the Sauternes style a bit, but still retains a clear Tokaji identity. Nice.

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  12/13/2019 - bitdrerik wrote: 93 Points

  Jólavínsmakk Eđalklúbbsins 2019 (Marbakkabraut 12): Þriðja og síðasta sætvínið sem var í boði með matnum. Ekki eins góður með matnum eins og Vouvray vínið en mér fannst þetta best eitt og sér. Löðrandi í apríkósum. Passleg sæta. Mjög kraftmikið. Mjög gott vín.

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  6/27/2019 - cweiss Likes this wine:

  Tiger Mama. From 500ml. Showing no ill effects from its recent flight from Budapest. Quite sweet but neither heavy nor viscous. Very ripe peach/apricot. A little honey and some (not too much) bitterness on the finish. A medium-scaled treat.

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