Château Dereszla - Tokaji Hárslevelű 2019
The first written record of Dereszla dates back to the early 15th century: a stock list of King Zsigmond’s property held in the cellars that were used to collect and store the levies paid by his subjects, usually in the form of wine.
The property has had multiple owners over its long history. During Hungary’s Communist regime, Dereszla was owned by the Tokaj Wine Cooperative that gathered grapes and matured wines from all over the Tokaj wine region. In the post-Communist 1990s, a wave of privatization began and it became the property of CANA, the biggest French agricultural co-operative society.
In 2000, following several years of neglect, the D’Aulan family from Champagne realized that this estate, with its rich heritage, was well worth renovating.
The present Dereszla winery was completed in 2007, and it includes a new processing plant, a logistics centre and an administration unit. These new buildings follow the style of the estate’s historical pressing house and cellar entrance. Since 2008, modernization has continued at Dereszla thanks to funding from the EMVA - a joint project between the European Union and Hungary.
The estate owns 27 hectares of vineyards spread across the designated Grand Cru area, and the large diversity of soils throughout these holdings is a crucial factor in the complexity of their wines. In fact, there are 15 distinct terroirs at Dereszla, each adding to the complexity of the resulting wines which range from dry to luscious and sweet. The base wines are mainly based on the Furmint grape variety, unique to the region, with Muskotaly also adding complexity to the late harvest and Aszú wines.
Tokaj (formerly known as Tokaj-Hegyalja) has long been Hungary’s most famous and respected wine region, thanks mostly to its nectar-like, botrytised Tokaji dessert wines. The region and its wine are held in such esteem in Hungary that the Hungarian national anthem thanks God that Tokaj szőlővesszein nektárt csepegtettél (“into the vineyards of Tokaj you dripped sweet nectar”). Yes, these wines really are that good.
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The first written record of Dereszla dates back to the early 15th century: a stock list of King Zsigmond’s property held in the cellars that were used to collect and store the levies paid by his subjects, usually in the form of wine.
The property has had multiple owners over its long history. During Hungary’s Communist regime, Dereszla was owned by the Tokaj Wine Cooperative that gathered grapes and matured wines from all over the Tokaj wine region. In the post-Communist 1990s, a wave of privatization began and it became the property of CANA, the biggest French agricultural co-operative society.
In 2000, following several years of neglect, the D’Aulan family from Champagne realized that this estate, with its rich heritage, was well worth renovating.
The present Dereszla winery was completed in 2007, and it includes a new processing plant, a logistics centre and an administration unit. These new buildings follow the style of the estate’s historical pressing house and cellar entrance. Since 2008, modernization has continued at Dereszla thanks to funding from the EMVA - a joint project between the European Union and Hungary.
The estate owns 27 hectares of vineyards spread across the designated Grand Cru area, and the large diversity of soils throughout these holdings is a crucial factor in the complexity of their wines. In fact, there are 15 distinct terroirs at Dereszla, each adding to the complexity of the resulting wines which range from dry to luscious and sweet. The base wines are mainly based on the Furmint grape variety, unique to the region, with Muskotaly also adding complexity to the late harvest and Aszú wines.
Tokaj (formerly known as Tokaj-Hegyalja) has long been Hungary’s most famous and respected wine region, thanks mostly to its nectar-like, botrytised Tokaji dessert wines. The region and its wine are held in such esteem in Hungary that the Hungarian national anthem thanks God that Tokaj szőlővesszein nektárt csepegtettél (“into the vineyards of Tokaj you dripped sweet nectar”). Yes, these wines really are that good.
