Henye Tokaji

"Mark Lipton" inquired of the group.....

Mark,

I am very worried about M. Hoare - I swear he has not got over the shock of His Lordship eating him out of house and home!!!!!

Amazingly, Chateau Henye Tokaji 5 Putts is being offered in Auckland at roughly the equivalent price (via a very small importer to whose mailing list I subscribe) with the following explanation.

"Chateau Henye which is owned by the French winemaking d'Aulan family (who own Château Sansonnet in Ste-Emilion), was launched in 1997 in partnership with the late Bordeaux vintner Jean-Michel Arcaute. Château Clinet; Château Jonqueyres; Château La Croix du Cbutte.

This partnership also set up AltaVista, a relatively big operation in Argentina

Château Henye is located in the premium producing areas of Tokay, between the vineyards described as Grand Crus ABs Note - is there such a clbuttication in Tokaji?

Following the privatisation of the warehouses that arose after the fall of the communist regime in Hungary, the d'Aulan family (along with others) set up operations to recover the prestige of the mythical wines of Tokay, combining tradition with the most modern enological techniques."

Note - nothing about the actual wine!!!!

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hth

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