Twenty out of the twenty-eight awards Tokaji wines won at this year's VinAgora Wine Competition were sweet ones, with ten of them coming from the amazing 2017 vintage. 2017 was one of the perfect years of the past decade that gave dry wines with great ageing potential and rich sweet wines in relatively large quantities. One of Tokaj's two Grand Golds was also awarded to a 2017 sweet wine, namely, Royal Tokaji's Édes Szamorodni 2017.
What is more of a surprise is the fact that Tokaj's other Grand Gold went to an Aszú of 2014, an extremely difficult vintage that, however, did produce a tiny amount of well-structured Aszús. The producer of this one was the Simkó family's Sárospatak-based Evinor Winery, whose Essencia 2013 was the only Tokaji in the competition that won a Champion Award. Evinor was also granted the competition's Most Successful Family Winery Award. Tokaj's Gold-medalists included another two 2014 Aszú wines, which suggests that growers are about to start releasing 2014 Aszús as 2013 starts going out of stock.
VinAgora is Hungary’s leading VINOFED-endorsed wine competition that attracted a record number of 775 entries from 16 countries, including Australia, France, Germany, Italy and Spain this year. One of the key criteria of the VinAgora Awards is that a maximum of one-third of all entries may be awarded.
Here is a summary of Tokaj's results:
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Evinor/Simkó | Essencia 2013 |
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Evinor/Simkó | Aszú 4 puttonyos 2014 |
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Royal Tokaji | Édes Szamorodni 2017 |
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Balassa Bor | Édes Szamorodni 2017 |
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Barta | Édes Szamorodni Öreg Király-dűlő 2015 |
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Dobogó | Furmint 2017 |
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Evinor/Simkó | Aszú 5 puttonyos 2016 |
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Grand Tokaj | Aszú 5 puttonyos 2014 |
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Grand Tokaj | Édes Szamorodni 2017 |
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Gróf Degenfeld | Zomborka Furmint 2017 |
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Holdvölgy | Édes Szamorodni 'Eloquence' 2010 |
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Monte Tokaj | Aszú 6 puttonyos 2002 |
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Obzidián | Tokaji Cuvée 2017 |
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Pannon Tokaj | Aszú 5 puttonyos 2014 |
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Pannon Tokaj | Tokaji Dominium Cuvée 'Hanna' 2017 |
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Pannon Tokaj | Tokaji Dominium Furmint 'zsomBor' 2017 |
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Pannon Tokaj | Édes Szamorodni 2017 |
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Patricius | Aszú 6 puttonyos 2016 |
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Patricius | Késői Szüret 'Katinka' 2017 |
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Pelle | Zsófia' Cuvée 2018 |
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Royal Tokaji | Furmint Dűlőválogatás 2017 |
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Tokaj Portius | Édes Szamorodni Kincsem 2017 |
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Tokaji Wine Trust | Édes Szamorodni 2017 |
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Weinberg | Aszú 6 puttonyos 2013 |
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Grand Tokaj | Hárslevelű 'Amethyst' 2019 |
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Naár | Sárgamuskotály 2019 |
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Serpens | Király-hegy Furmint 2018 |
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Tokaj Excellence | Furmint 2017 |
