Christian Seely, Managing Director of the AXA properties, was at a snow-blanketed Disznókő recently to participate in the blending of the 2007 Aszú wines, and has a great post (and great photos) up on his blog. The Aszú wines of Tokaj are some of the greatest sweet wines on earth, made by combining fresh, dry wines with shriveled and (often) heavily botrytized grapes, the Aszú “paste”. After long aging in barrel, the final blends for the 5 Puttonyos and 6 Puttonyos are assembled by Christian and the team at Disznókő, led by winemaker László Mészáros. The 2007 vintage yielded very rich, ripe, unctuous wines that are already showing their seductive side.
