2020 Hetény Furmint-Hárslevelű

The Hetény Dűlő, first mentioned in 1298, is in the southwest corner of Tállya and has a cooler east facing disposition. Mostly Rhyolite but with much more clay and a little bit of loess, this site throws a lot of acidity, even for Tokaj. Not surprisingly, this is the largest fruit source for her sparkling production. The wine was pressed without destemming or crushing, fermented and aged in stainless steel, and bottled unfined/unfiltered with around 10ppm total SO2. Acidity here is straight as an arrow and goes on and on. Analytically speaking, the numbers are nearly identical to that of 2019, but this wine could not be more different. Pungent and elegant, this is becoming one of the core wines for us.