Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj

What is made here

Wine colours

Colours the rules allow. Pick a colour to filter the rules and grapes below.

Where it is

Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj in Slovakia

Latitude: 48.4°–48.5° N
Vineyard altitude: 124 m to 265 m
Production zone: 6,706 ha

Boundary drawn from whole communes, so it is a little larger than the legal zone. Boundary: Eurac Research PDO inventory (CC0). Country outlines: Natural Earth. Dots on the zone map are the vineyard points used for climate.

Showing every colour The colour filter changes the rules and grapes. Climate, vintages and soils describe the vineyards, so they stay the same.

01 · What the law says

The rules

Limits on grapes, yields, ripeness and ageing that every wine labelled Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj must meet.

27 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Main grape(s)	Max yield t/ha	Must weight min.	Wine min. % alc.	Actual alc. min. %	Acidity min. g/l	Dry extract min. g/l	Sugar max. g/l	Ageing min. months	In wood min. months
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajské samorodné suché (dry Tokaj szamorodni)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	21 °NM	–	12	5.5	23	10	24	12
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajské samorodné sladké (sweet Tokaj szamorodni)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	24 °NM	–	12	5.5	23	–	24	12
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajský výber trojputňový (three-putňa Tokaj selection)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	21 °NM	–	9	6	25	–	36	24
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajský výber štvorputňový (four-putňa Tokaj selection)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	21 °NM	–	9	6	30	–	36	24
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajský výber päťputňový (five-putňa Tokaj selection)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	21 °NM	–	9	6	35	–	36	24
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajský výber šesťputňový (six-putňa Tokaj selection)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	21 °NM	–	9	6	40	–	36	24
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajský mášláš suchý (dry Tokaj mášláš)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	–	–	9	6	23	–	24	12
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajský mášláš sladký (sweet Tokaj mášláš)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	–	–	9	6	23	–	24	12
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajský forditáš suchý (dry Tokaj forditáš)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	–	–	9	6	23	–	24	12
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajský forditáš sladký (sweet Tokaj forditáš)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	–	–	9	6	23	–	24	12
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajská výberová esencia (Tokaj essence selection)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	–	–	6	6	45	–	36	24
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajská esencia (Tokaj essence)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	–	–	1.2	8	50	–	36	24
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajský Furmint (Tokaj Furmint)	Furmint	14	–	–	9	3.5	–	–	–	–
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajská Lipovina (Tokaj Lipovina)	Lipovina	14	–	–	9	3.5	–	–	–	–
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajský Muškát žltý (Tokaj yellow Muscat)	Muškát žltý	14	–	–	9	3.5	–	–	–	–
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Akostné víno (quality wine)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	14	17 °NM	–	9.5	3.5	16	–	–	–
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj ‘Akostné víno’ with the attribute ‘kabinetné’ (‘Kabinett’)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	19 °NM	–	9.5	3.5	17	–	–	–
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj ‘Akostné víno’ with the attribute ‘neskorý zber’ (‘late harvest’)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	21 °NM	–	9.5	3.5	17	–	–	–
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj ‘Akostné víno’ with the attribute ‘výber z hrozna’ (‘grape selection’)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	23 °NM	–	9.5	3.5	17	–	–	–
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj ‘Akostné víno’ with the attribute ‘bobuľový výber’ (‘grape-berry selection’)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	26 °NM	–	8	3.5	17	–	–	–
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj ‘Akostné víno’ with the attribute ‘hrozienkový výber’ (‘selection of raisined berries’)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	28 °NM	–	8	3.5	17	–	–	–
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj ‘Akostné víno’ with the attribute ‘cibébový/botrytický výber’ (‘selection of botrytised berries’)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	28 °NM	–	8	3.5	17	–	–	–
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj ‘Akostné víno’ with the attribute ‘ľadové víno’ (‘ice wine’)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	27 °NM	–	6	3.5	17	–	–	–
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj ‘Akostné víno’ with the attribute ‘slamové víno’ (‘straw wine’)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	9.5	27 °NM	–	6	3.5	17	–	–	–
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Likérové víno (Liqueur wine)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	14	–	17.5	15	3.5	–	–	–	–
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Sekt V.O. (Sparkling wine from the wine region)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	14	–	10	10	3.5	16	–	–	–
Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Pestovateľský sekt (Growers’ sparkling wine)	Furmint, Kabar, Kövérszőlő - Tučné hrozno +3	14	–	10	10	3.5	17	–	–	–

From the official production rules (EU single document, Official Journal). Hover a figure to see the clause it comes from. A dash means the rules set no figure, or it is not captured yet.

Blend rules

Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajský Furmint (Tokaj Furmint)

– Furmint · Main grape
≤ 15% Lipovina / Muškát žltý · Allowed

Blend rules

Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajská Lipovina (Tokaj Lipovina)

– Lipovina · Main grape
≤ 15% Furmint / Muškát žltý · Allowed

Blend rules

Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj Tokajský Muškát žltý (Tokaj yellow Muscat)

– Muškát žltý · Main grape
≤ 15% Furmint / Lipovina · Allowed

Other varieties allowed

Besides the main grapes, the rules allow these varieties in some wines. Grape names link where a profile exists.

3 varieties · 9 wines

Furmint, Lipovina, Muškát Zltý

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

Cellar

Where the wine must be made

Within the production zone

Allowed

Enrichment (chaptalisation)

02 · Climate fingerprint

The climate

The growing season averages 16.5 °C, intermediate on Gregory Jones's scale, with 1,408 growing degree days (Winkler II).

The average year 1991–2020, vineyards at about 174 m

Monthly mean, °CRain, mmGrowing season

Growing-season temperature: 16.5 °C; Intermediate · 15–17 °C (Jones)
Growing degree days: 1,408; Region II: 1,389–1,666 degree days
Growing-season rain: 505 mm; Of 746 mm a year
Harvest rain: 127 mm; September–October

Copernicus ERA5-Land monthly averages at 5 vineyard points (Vineyard point 1, 240 m; Vineyard point 2, 124 m; Vineyard point 3, 186 m; Vineyard point 4, 113 m; Vineyard point 5, 208 m), moved to each point's height from the model's terrain. Indices that need daily data are not captured yet. How the climate figures are made.

Closest climates in the database

Picked by the data, not by hand: the profiles nearest on season warmth (counted twice), degree days, rain, ripening-month nights and day–night range. Neighbours within 30 km are left out, as they share the same weather.

1. BükkVery similarCompared with Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj: same season warmth, similar rain.

2. PanciuVery similarCompared with Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj: same season warmth, similar rain.

3. BurgenlandVery similarCompared with Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj: same season warmth, similar rain.

Growing-season temperature

Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj

16.5 °C

Bükk

16.5 °C

Panciu

16.5 °C

Burgenland

16.4 °C

Growing degree days

Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj

1,408

Bükk

1,414

Panciu

1,410

Burgenland

1,395

Growing-season rain

Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj

505 mm

Bükk

492 mm

Panciu

481 mm

Burgenland

498 mm

03 · Year by year

35 vintages

Each column is one growing season: heat above or below the 1991–2020 average, and rain at harvest. Pick a year for the details.

Warmer than averageCooler than averageHarvest rain (Sep–Oct)Average harvest rain, 127 mm

2025

Growing-season temp.
Growing degree days
Harvest rain
Growing-season rain
September nights
Hot days and frosts

Seasons are labelled by harvest year (April–October). Year-to-year changes from ERA5-Land; tested against station records in Alto Adige (r = 0.94 for season temperature at Bolzano). Rain varies more locally, so treat single-season rain with some caution. Vintage ratings, harvest dates and frost or hail events have places in the data model but are not loaded yet.

04 · Where the numbers come from

Sources

A geospatial inventory of regulatory information for wine protected designations of origin in Europe · Candiago et al., Scientific Data 9, 394 (2022); Eurac Research · CC0
ERA5-Land monthly averaged data (reanalysis-era5-land-monthly-means) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), Climate Data Store · CC BY 4.0 (Copernicus licence)
OpenStreetMap vineyard areas (landuse=vineyard), from Geofabrik country extracts · OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL 1.0
Copernicus DEM GLO-90 (AWS open data tiles) · European Space Agency / Copernicus · Copernicus DEM licence
Single document: Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj (Official Journal C, C/2025/752, 30.1.2025; and the product specification 'doplnena specifikacia.doc' from the EU register) · European Union, Official Journal (C series) · EU law (Commission reuse policy)
Climate profiles calculated by Vinous: method

Still to check (3)

Generated from EU reference data: check against the current product specification.
From the specification: The must poured over the cibebas for výber must have at least 21 °NM. The document gives residual sugar of 60, 90, 120 and 150 g/l for three- to six-putňa výber without saying minimum; výberová esencia must contain at least 180 g/l natural sugar and esencia at least 450 g/l with at most 8 % actual alcohol. Tokaj grape varieties are listed without shares; the akostné víno attributes have no must-weight limits in this document. National specification (2013): the výber must weight (21 °NM) is that of the must poured over the cibébas; three- to six-putňa výber need at least 60, 90, 120 and 150 g/l residual sugar. Akostné víno s prívlastkom must not be enriched; ice-wine grapes are picked at −7 °C or below. Vineyards may have at most 10 000 vines/ha, with bud loads of at most 80 000 (akostné víno, liqueur and sparkling wines) or 65 000 buds/ha (Tokaj specialities and prívlastok wines). Enrichment: Akostné víno up to 22 °NM (white); not akostné víno s prívlastkom.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.