{"product_id":"oremus-petracs-tokaji-dry-2018-tokaj-hungary","title":"Oremus 'Petracs' Tokaji Dry 2017 (Tokaj, Hungary) - [FS 94] [JS 93] [WS 90]","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Winery:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Oremus winery, founded in 1993 by the Alvarez family (Vega Sicilia, Alión, Macán and Pintia), is located in Tokaj on the banks of the Bodrog River, in a mountain range in northeastern Hungary, which was declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in 2002.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe origins of Oremus date back to 1630, when Maté Szepsi Lacko, a Calvinist preacher, produced the first “Tokaj teardrop wine” (Tokaj Aszú) and offered it to Princess Susanna Lorántffy, wife of George Ráckózci, First Prince of Transylvania, to commemorate the Easter holidays. The unique gift was born from grapes grown in the Oremus vineyard, which in 1772 received the first classification of vines and was recognized as primae classis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Wine:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePetrács is the name of our best vineyard in the village of Tolcsva. The name Petrács comes from the plot's former owner, Baron Ernest von Petrasch, Major General in the Imperial Army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to whom this magical enclave was bestowed in 1762.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Oremus was searching for the best plots to produce dry wine, the uniqueness of Petrács stood out. On one hand, there is the andesite bedrock and the soil that contains an abundance of semi-precious stones that give the wine great minerality. On the other hand, our oldest 60-year-old vines are found in this vineyard, grown using the traditional bush vine method with high planting density. Both this method and the steepness of the slope mean only humans and horses can work in the vineyard, preserving hundreds of years of tradition of manual labour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hand-picked bunches are gently pressed, before fermentation in new French and Hungarian oak barrels. The wine is subsequently aged in oak barrels for three months, stirring the lees every week (\"batonnage\"), before being left untouched for a further five months. The wine is racked from the barrels in August before ageing continues in stainless steel tanks for an additional six months until bottling in February.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePetracs Furmint is a full-bodied, spicy wine with perceptions of pure, crystalline mineral flavor. It is deep, long and compresses on the palate in concentrated and mineralised form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eRatings \u0026amp; Reviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e94 Points - Falstaff:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLight yellow green, silver reflections. Candied grapefruit zest, fine yellow stone fruit nuances, a hint of marzipan and wax, tropical fruit in the background, multilayered bouquet with dark minerality. On the palate taut, finely meshed, fine herbal savouriness, white apple, lively acidity, saline touch. Delicately nutty on the finish with some lime, a fine food companion, gastronomic style, still very young, great ageing potential.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e93 Points - James Suckling:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hints of petrol and honeysuckle to the lime juice, green apples, minerals and macadamia nuts. A medium-to full-bodied furmint with a leesy, nutty edge, carried by really bright, mouthwatering acidity, as if you are biting on a slice of lemon. Fresh and tangy. Drink or hold.\" (Apr 2022)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e90 Points - Wine Spectator:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Round and creamy, this is a light- to medium-bodied white, displaying toasty hints of grilled nut and smoke layered with notes of creamed apple, nectarine and elderflower. Clean-cut and lightly salty on the finish. Drink now through 2023. 375 cases made, 50 cases imported.\"\"\" – Alison Napjus (Sep 2021)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CHAMBERS \u0026 CHAMBERS","offers":[{"title":"750 ml","offer_id":53503083577709,"sku":null,"price":104.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0481\/8940\/7391\/files\/oremus-petracs-bouteille-vinfiche.png?v=1721078937","url":"https:\/\/artisan.wine\/products\/oremus-petracs-tokaji-dry-2018-tokaj-hungary","provider":"Artisan W\u0026S","version":"1.0","type":"link"}