2017 Szamorodni Édes

This is the first sweet wine we’ve imported from Judit and József. For one, they only make it in exceptional vintages because their standard for botrytis is very high. There has to be at least 50% botrytis per cluster and they often need to make more than 6 passes on the same vine to accomplish this. The 2017 is all from the Csontos vineyard where they have the most experience farming. They want both healthy botrytis and healthy non-botrytized grapes, not just a deluge of botrytis. Less oxidative than Aszú but far more layered than a late harvest, this is just pure delicious.