This was one of the Hungarian wines I tasted at the Food Expo. Although I had tasted the grape before (as a minor component of a Noble Late Harvest sweet wine from the same estate), this was actually the first time the grape was tasted as a varietal A grape indigenous to Transylvania, it is also a grape permitted in the cepage of Tokay Aszu. With its name literally meaning fat grape, Koverszolo is characterized by large berries, but it was hit hard by the phylloxera epidemic and nearly disappeared from Tokay region altogether. It is also called Grasa de Cotnar, which can confuse (especially if you are prone to looking VIVC!) Another grape Grasa de Cornari is supposed to originate from Moldova, whilst Grasa de Kotnar is a synonym of Furmint. In the wine dinner which I tasted the Late Harvest wine, I also had a white wine made from two Feteascas, with one of them, Feteasca Regala being the offspring of the other, Feteasca Alba with this grape!
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