Tokaj wine region

Tokaj wine region
Wine region
CountryHungary, Slovakia
Total area11,149 ha[1]
Size of planted vineyards5,500 ha[1]
Grapes producedFurmint, Hárslevelű, Yellow Muscat, Zéta, Kövérszőlő, Kabar[1]
Varietals producedTokaji[1]
Comments
Official nameTokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape
LocationTokaj, Hungary
IncludesUngvári, Rákóczi, Koporosi, Gomboshegyi and Oremus Cellars; Tolcsva Wine Museum Cellars
CriteriaCultural: (iii), (v)
Reference1063
Inscription2002 (26th Session)
Area13,255 ha (51.18 sq mi)
Buffer zone74,879 ha (289.11 sq mi)
Coordinates48°9′N 21°21′E / 48.150°N 21.350°E / 48.150; 21.350
Tokaj wine region is located in Hungary
Tokaj wine region
Location of Tokaj wine region in Hungary

Tokaj wine region (Hungarian: Tokaji borvidék[2] Slovak: Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj[3]) or Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region (short Tokaj-Hegyalja or Hegyalja) is a historical wine region located in northeastern Hungary and southeastern Slovakia. It is also one of the seven larger wine regions of Hungary (Hungarian: Tokaji borrégió). Hegyalja means "foothills" in Hungarian, and this was the original name of the region.

The region consists of 28 named villages and 11,149 hectares of classified vineyards, of which an estimated 5,500 are currently planted. Tokaj is particularly famous as the origin of Tokaji aszú wine, the world's oldest botrytized wine. Because of its testimony to a long and unique tradition of viticulture and its cultural importance as a wine-making region, Tokaj was declared a World Heritage Site in 2002 under the name Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape.[1]

Due to the Treaty of Trianon, a smaller part of the historical wine region now belongs to Slovakia.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Tokaj wine region". House of Hungarian Wines. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  2. ^ "127/2009. (IX. 29.) FVM rendelet a szőlészeti és a borászati adatszolgáltatás, valamint a származási bizonyítványok kiadásának rendjéről, továbbá a borászati termékek előállításáról, forgalomba hozataláról és jelöléséről" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Jogszabálytár. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  3. ^ E-Bacchus - Register of designations of origin and geographical indications protected in the EU