{"product_id":"the-royal-tokaji-wine-co-tokay-essencia-2016-375ml","title":"The Royal Tokaji Wine Co. - Tokay Essencia 2016 (375ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEssencia is the worlds most concentrated essence of its ripest grapes, it is the liquid gold that very slowly oozes from a pile of asz grapes raisined by botrytis and climatic conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVineyard Profile\u003cbr\u003e\nAppellation: Tokaj\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVintage Report\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2016 we had a mild and dry winter with no serious frosts. This was followed by a long spring, with lovely, warm days but cool, almost chilly nights. The flowering season was unusually long resulting in uneven fruit set in many vineyards and across all grape varieties. From the middle of August, the botrytis began to spread all over the region and highly affected the grapes. By summer time we were quietly confident of an ideal harvest, straightforward with high quality but July and August brought intermittent rain and hail, reducing the crop and encouraging botrytis. Our expert pickers carefully selected the finest berries throughout September and October, and we were rewarded with a small Asz harvest of exceptional quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen the free-run juice in this case from first-generation berries only was collected. A gradual and very slow alcoholic fermentation took place spontaneously, lasting over 3 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVinification\u003cbr\u003e\nBottled: December 2019\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Royal Tokaji Wine Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53283169435872,"sku":"132025","price":1399.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/files\/the-royal-tokaji-wine-co-tokay-essencia_1.jpg?v=1783027303","url":"https:\/\/yianniswinery.com\/products\/the-royal-tokaji-wine-co-tokay-essencia-2016-375ml","provider":"Yiannis Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}