96  If one stellar cabernet is in your future this holiday season

wine spirits are added to the fermenting grapes before all the natural sugar is converted to alcohol

as this easily has 20-25 years of cellaring potential

textured mouthfeel

and bringing notes of cedar

2009 Royal Tokaj, Essencia Essencia 96 If one stellar cabernetESSENCIA 2009 Essencia is the worlds most concentrated essence of its ripest grapes, it is the liquid gold that very slowly oozes from a pile of asz grapes raisined by botrytis and climatic conditions. The best description for the weather in 2009 is extreme , a vintage with two faces. Budding started perfectly with lovely sunny days and high temperature, but we endured serious draught by the middle of May. The late ripening Furmint and Hrslevel