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Sep 16, 2026
Richard CampbellHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Richard CampbellHOST
Which, and also it had been finished in, uh, uh, Tokaj, uh, wine casks.
Richard CampbellHOST
Tokaj is a region in northeastern Hungary, and also a bit of Slovakia, where they make quite sweet wines that have been affected by, uh, uh, Botrytis, uh, cinerea, also known as-
Leo LaporteHOST
Hmm
Richard CampbellHOST
...
Richard CampbellHOST
So there is an Hungarian equivalent-
Leo LaporteHOST
Yeah
Richard CampbellHOST
... called Tokaj.
Richard CampbellHOST
A little longer than that.
Richard CampbellHOST
And also, it had been finished in Tokaj wine casks.
Richard CampbellHOST
Tokaj is a region in northeastern Hungary, and also a bit of Slovakia, where they make quite sweet wines that have been affected by by Botrytis sininera, also known as the noble rot fungus.
Leo LaporteHOST
Lisa's favorite dessert wine.
Richard CampbellHOST
Yes, sectarian is made in this same technique.
Richard CampbellHOST
So there is a Hungarian equivalent called Tokaj.
Richard CampbellHOST
And so I suspect that Richard Paul bought nine-year-old bourbon from an unnamed distillery.
Richard CampbellHOST
They all typically suck.
Nicole AustinGUEST
And maybe I use port, maybe I use sherry.
Nicole AustinGUEST
You know, I, maybe I use Muscatel, maybe I go get some Tokaj, which I would love to get.
Jake LewellenHOST
Yeah.
Nicole AustinGUEST
You know, like, I might get it from different places, but ultimately I'm trying to create blending marks that sort of give those same characters.
Gill Gordon SmithHOST
Music Hello and welcome back to Study Smart.
Gill Gordon SmithHOST
Today we're travelling through Austria and into the Tokaj region of Hungary.
Gill Gordon SmithHOST
So Austria is best known for dry, high acid white wines, particularly those made from Grunewald Lina and Riesling.
Gill Gordon SmithHOST
Tokaj, by contrast, is one of the world's great regions for intensely sweet wines made from botryodised grapes.
Gill Gordon SmithHOST
So although these wines are very different, they share an important cool climate advantage.
Gill Gordon SmithHOST
The grapes retain high acidity as they develop flavour and sugar.
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Gill Gordon SmithHOST
DAC is different because it focuses on a region and its typical wine style.
Gill Gordon SmithHOST
For this episode, Wine Vertel Dak is the key example, linking Gruner Veltliner to its regional origin.
DuncanHOST
And you can usually, either you see some weird kind of cask treatments or different casks, different distilleries or experimental distillations, that sort of thing.
DuncanHOST
So this one, is matured in Tokaj.
DuncanHOST
Is that
CalumHOST
how you pronounce it? I'm not
DuncanHOST
actually...
DuncanHOST
Tokaj sweet wine from Hungary.
DuncanHOST
It almost sounds
CalumHOST
like it's Japanese or something, doesn't it?
Orson WellesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[tense music] I found the gold rooster and sat down on the terrace of the restaurant to wait for Mr. Fekete's fiancée.
Orson WellesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[gentle music] Over a glass of Tokaj, I tried to add up the situation as of then.
Orson WellesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
As far as I could see, the whole setup was like a Picasso painting.
Orson WellesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
No matter how you looked at it, it was cockeyed and upside down.