Kikelet
2018 Váti Dry
- Producer
- Kikelet
- Appellation
- Tokaj, Hungary
- Vintage
- 2018
- Composition
- 80% Furmint, 20% Hárslevelű (HARSH-lehveh-LOO)
- Climate
- Continental (hot summers & cold winters)
- Soils
- 1 – 1.5 m loess on pyroxene dacite
- Exposure
- South
- Maceration & aging
- Fermented and aged in oak barrels
- Alcohol
- 13%
- Residual sugar
- 2.5 g/l
- Acidity
- 7 g/l
Notes & Pairings
The 2018 Váti Dry Tokaj (80% Furmint, 20% Hárslevelű) is something I’ve been waiting to pull the trigger on for some time. Much like the Lónyai, this site has been well known since 1540. It’s also a site that needs a few years on it and we can finally afford, both in terms of cash flow and relationship, to be getting some that’s ready to drink now. This was the earliest harvest ever for this wine on the 29th of August. Most of their wines spend 5 months in barrel, but the intensity of this fruit needed a minimum of 7 months to come together. This has the most density of any of their wines, and yet the chemistry doesn’t really back that up. Back to truthiness. This is limited given only 1700 bottles produced, but something very special from Stéphanie and Zsolt.