Tokaj

Slovak Tokaj includes Bara, Čerhov, Černochov, Malá Tŕňa, Slovenské Nové Mesto, Veľká Tŕňa and Viničky. Furmint, Lipovina and Yellow Muscat are its traditional white grapes. Long, dry autumns and foggy mornings can encourage noble rot, a fungus that concentrates the grapes. Cibéba is the local name for berries shrivelled by noble rot and used in naturally sweet wines, though they do not develop every year. Sweet styles can combine honeyed flavours with pronounced acidity. Dry Furmint can have honey and Golden Delicious apple notes. Wines age in cellars cut into volcanic tuff, using 150- or 300-litre oak barrels.