“On another level, the 2011 Kapi is an off-the-charts dessert wine made from 100% Furmint that was aged two years in oak before being bottled in 2015. Full-bodied, perfectly balanced, elegant, and yet also powerful, it offers heavenly notes of white peach, honeysuckle, white flowers, and orange marmalade. While this is a big, rich dessert wine, it has vibrant acidity and a purity of fruit that’s hard to believe. It’s great today, it will be great in a decade, and it will be great in three decades. Bravo!”

“The 2008 Tokaji Aszu 5 Puttonyos is a blend of 70% Furmint, 20% Zéta and 10% Hárslevelu, the maceration mostly with finished wine. This has an exceptional bouquet: Satsuma and mandarin, quince and marmalade, wonderful mineralite and tension. The palate is very well balanced with mandarin, lime, orange rind and a touch of quince. This is edgy, a more unpredictable yet compelling Tokaji from Disznoko with a very long and sustained finish. This comes highly recommended— an outstanding 5 Puttonyos.”

“Intensely sweet, yet lush and mouthfilling, this is like nectar. Honey, caramel, candied lemon peel and coconut flavors in a seamless presentation. Acidity and even a touch of tannin shows on the long finish.”

“More than a decade old, this mature Tokaji evokes apple tart, quince paste, brown spices and clove, with a hint of orange peel. Elegant and racy, with a long, dried fruit-infused aftertaste. Better than previously reviewed”

“Creamy and succulent, this 2002 from AXA Millesime’s Hungarian estate shows Tokaji at its most opulent. It’s broad and rich, layered with pear, peach and almond frangipane flavor, a warm, soft minerality providing a subtle savory contrast. While the acidity is barely noticeable, the wine ends clean, lasting for minutes on pure fragrance.”

“The 2011 Tokaji Aszu Kapi Vineyard 6 Puttonyos is an absolutely startling wine, frankly one of the best that I have tasted from the estate. It certainly surpasses my expectations given the bottle that I rated almost a year ago. This is their third single vineyard release following the 1999 and 2005 and having picked earlier, I feel this approach completely enhances the wine. It has a showstopping, crystalline bouquet that shimmers: Japanese yuzu, citrus fruit and an underlying stoniness (none of that chlorine tang that I picked up last time). The palate has a fabulous line of acidity running from start to finish: tensile, poised and with just a dab of white peach and nectarine on the mineral-rich finish. This is a fantastic Tokaji that should be a joy to drink for many years.”