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Wine Quiz Answer: D. Hungarian Tokaji Aszu
Legend has it that the first 'aszú', or 'dried' grape wine, was made in Hungary's Tokaj-Hegyalja region by Laczkó Máté Szepsi in 1630, though records suggest the style already existed almost 60 years earlier. The first region to fully explore the usefulness of 'noble rot', or botrytis cinerea, in making sweet wine, Tokaji wines (meaning 'from Tokaj') were sought after by royalty. Their extraordinary ability to age gracefully sparked rumors of magical healing properties, and the famous style came to be imitated far and wide. In many regions, rich or aromatic white wines were named after these Hungarian beauties in the sincerest form of flattery, like 'Tokay d'Alsace' and 'Tocai Friulano'.
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