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Puttonyos is a unit for the level of sugar in Hungarian
Wine Glossary: Puttonyos
Tokaji
Tokaji ( hu, of Tokaj ) or Tokay is the name of the wines from the Tokaj wine region (also ''Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region'' or ''Tokaj-Hegyalja'') in Hungary or the adjoining Tokaj wine region in Slovakia. This region is noted for its sweet wines ...
(or tokay) and Slovak Tokaj dessert wine
Dessert wines, sometimes called pudding wines in the United Kingdom, are sweet wines typically served with dessert.
There is no simple definition of a dessert wine. In the UK, a dessert wine is considered to be any sweet wine drunk with a meal ...
. It is traditionally measured by the number of hods of sweet botrytised or nobly rotted grapes (known as Aszú) added to a barrel of wine, but is now measured in grams of residual sugar. The ''puttony'' was actually the 25 kg basket or hod of Aszú grapes, and the more added to the barrel of wine, the sweeter the eventual wine. Measurement ranges from 3 to 6 Puttonyos. A Tokaji made entirely from Aszú grapes is not labeled using the Puttonyos system but is known as Eszencia.Kissack, Chris, thewinedoctor.coWine Glossary: Puttonyos
Residual sugar levels (grams per litre)
*3 Puttonyos - 60 *4 Puttonyos - 90 *5 Puttonyos - 120 *6 Puttonyos - 150 *Aszú Eszencia - 450New regulations
From the 2013 harvest the new regulation requires minimum 120 g/L residual sugar in every Aszú wine. The producer still may use the puttonyos number on the label. The ageing criteria has also changed from minimum 2 years barrel and 1 year bottle ageing to minimum 18 months barrel ageing. http://boraszat.kormany.hu/download/2/e9/a0000/TOKAJ_termekleiras+modositas_E_jelolt.pdfReferences
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