TOKAJ AT IWC 2020

The International Wine Challenge results, including Trophies, were announced today, revealing Royal Tokaji's 6 puttonyos Aszú of 2016 as a 96-point winner of the Hungarian Sweet Trophy, as well as the IWC Champion Sweet, the latter being one of only six Champion Wine Awards in the competition. Tokaj's total of 22 awards, which came from a mere seven producers, were almost equally distributed between sweet and dry wines, however, it was the sweet ones that dominated the top of the scoreboard, including another three gold medalists from Patricius and Royal Tokaji.

While there does normally occur a difference of four to five points between the results of the same wine at different international competitions, it was a striking discrepancy that Barta's Aszú 2016, which had scored 97 points at this year's DWWA, was rated below 90 by the IWC. This truly outstanding wine seems to have been sadly misjudged, or just completely failed to appeal to the taste of the IWC tasting panel.

Here is a summary of Tokaj's results:

Award	Score	Winery	Wine
	96	Royal Tokaji	Aszú 6 Puttonyos 2016
	95	Patricius	Late Harvest 'Katinka' 2018
	95	Patricius	Aszú 6 Puttonyos 2016
	95	Royal Tokaji	Aszú 5 Puttonyos 2016
	94	Disznókő	Aszú 5 puttonyos 'Sárga Borház' 2017
	93	Royal Tokaji	Late Harvest 2018
	92	Disznókő	Aszú 5 puttonyos 2013
	92	Disznókő	Dorgó Aszú 5 puttonyos 2013
	92	Juliet Victor	Király Furmint 2018
	92	Juliet Victor	Szamorodni Sweet 2017
	91	Berry Bros. & Rudd / Oremus	Aszú 5 Puttonyos 2013
	91	Disznókő	Szamorodni Sweet 'Sárga Borház' 2017
	90	Juliet Victor	Betsek Furmint 2018
	90	Patricius	Furmint Selection 2018
	n/a	Barta	KVG 2018
	n/a	Barta	Aszú 6 Puttonyos 2016
	n/a	Disznókő	Furmint 2019
	n/a	Juliet Victor	Estate Furmint 2018
	n/a	Patricius	Furmint 2018
	n/a	Royal Tokaji	Furmint 2018
	n/a	Sanzon Tokaj	Rány Furmint 2018
	n/a	Sanzon Tokaj	Furmint 'Classic' 2017