Tokaj wines. in Washington

Furmint and Hárslevelű are central to Tokaj, but the origin is not synonymous with sweet wine. Dry whites sit alongside several distinct sweet traditions. Szamorodni uses bunches containing both healthy and botrytised berries and can finish dry or sweet. Aszú uses selected noble-rot berries macerated in must or wine; Eszencia comes from their free-run juice. These are different methods, not interchangeable quality ranks. This guide covers Hungarian Tokaj rather than the separately regulated Slovak origin.