Published 11:58 IST, February 2nd 2020

Hungarian wines are the most expensive wines in the world; know why?

Hungarian wines take many years of careful work, and for botrytis. Essencia can only be produced in years with perfect weather conditions. Read to know more

Reported by: Simran Gandhi
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Essencia is an expensive Hungarian wine. Almost,18 unique magnums were released last year which were designed by Hungarian-based artists named James Carcass, according to a daily. Once y started, producing company said it was most expensive wine in world, which is hard to quantify, of course, but since you have to pay $40,000 to drink 1.5 liters, that makes it special on market. In fact, wine comes in especially hand-blown bottles so two is completely identical.

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first bottle was opened and drank on a New Year's Eve party of a collector in China, but it was drunk daily by Pope Pius X (1903-1914) and lasted much longer than anyone anticipated. Royal Tokaji Essencia is incredibly valuable because only finest aszú grapes, made entirely from aszú berries juice, can be used for it.

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However, whole process takes many years of careful work, and for botrytis, Essencia can only be produced in years with perfect wear conditions.

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Even though it hits only a few degrees of alcohol, even after a few sips of it, people can feel light-headed. Hence general manr at Royal Tokaji Winery, Zoltán Kovács, said winemaker decides wher to bottle an Essencia or t in a given year. Thus, it can happen that four, five or even ten years will go by without even making one bottle of it.

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Royal Tokaji's managing director, Charlie Mount mentioned to a daily that wine is one of its kind. He furr added that he's t sure y'll ever be able to reproduce those 18 bottles. Since Essencia's expiry date is 2300, cost of wine has hit roofs with several wine aficionados willing to pay several extra dollars for it. 

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According to a daily, Essencia 2008 is available at various restaurants and hotels in USA and Italy. winemakers reported that Hungary has everything to produce perfect wines–climate, culture, expertise, and a variety of wine styles–and re is a lot of unexplored potential in country in this regard. Essencia is produced in Tokaj wine region of Hungary, rast of Budapest, which serves as a common day trip to capital city for travellers. Visitors can even schedule winery private tours, and sample a wide variety of wines.

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11:58 IST, February 2nd 2020