My Travel Photos – Noble Rot
Noble rot, known scientifically as Botrytis cinerea, is a fungus that is a key factor in producing sweet wines.
What your seeing in this photo isn’t raisins!
These are actually grapes afflicted with noble rot (Botrytis cinerea), a grey fungus that is the key factor in producing late harvested wines such as Aszú and Essencia. When carefully cultivated, it causes the grape to shrivel which concentrates and intensifies both the sugar and flavor.
This photo was taken on Tokaj Hill in the Tokaj-Hegyalja region of Northeastern Hungary.
Many thanks to Himesudvar Winery for providing me an exclusive tour of their beautiful vineyards.
Himesudvar Winery
Tokaj, Bem út 2. H-3910
www.himesudvar.hu
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Hello Everyone,
I know this family winery very well, I love their wines very much. Once you are in Tokaj, visit their cave and taste their wines (especially late harvest wines and Aszú wines). You can’t miss it.
Next weekend (1st weekend of Oct), Tokaj is organising the Harvest Festival. Great fun, lots of wine, music, food, market, etc.
The very best to everyone,
Judit from Nyíregyháza (Hungary)
Hi Judit,
Thanks for your comment and the information about the Harvest Festival in Tokaj.
Himesudvar is a wonderful little family winery. It really is a nice place to visit and get intimate experience.
Tokajii Aszu is probably the most delicious and unique wine I have ever tasted. We keep a bottle of 5 puttyonos at home, unopened, waiting for the most special of occassions. Here in New York, almost no one is familiar with it, so they are always pleasantly shocked when we open a bottle of 3 puttyonos at gatherings that they’ve never heard of it! It was so nice to see an (english) blogpost on it!