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Tokaj Wine Region Historical Cultural Landscape

The Tokaj Wine Region is the world’s first geographically well-defined wine region, which was designated as protected as early as 1737. Indeed, documents dating from 1561 show that grapes were already being harvested in the triangle between the three mountains in the region (Tokaj mountain, the Sátor mountain at Abaújszántó and the Sátorhegy by Sátoraljaújhely) in the 16th century. Archaeological excavations prove that wine-making has been an essential part of life in Tokaj since times immemorial. Leaf patterns from the ancient grape variety (vitis tokaiensis) dating back to the Miocene period have been found in the region, and this variety can be seen as the common ancestor of the grapes that are still harvested in Tokaj today. Another species of ancient grapes, vitis sylvestris, can still be found growing wild on the Tokaj-Hegyalja today as well.
The Tokaj region enjoys international renown for the sweet white wines produced here, the so-called “aszú wines. Tokaji Aszú is a special wine and a true ‘Hungaricum’, considered to be one of the best wines in the world. Louis XIV, the French king, described it aptly as “Vinum regum – rex vinorum”: the wine of kings and the king of wines.
The Tokaj Wine Region was inscribed on the list of world heritage sites by the UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee in 2002 in the category of cultural landscapes. The area listed as world heritage covers an area of more than 130,000 square meters (roughly 13.5 hectares), on the basis of the provisions of the Hungarian wine law, and falls within the administrative area of another 27 settlements, in addition to Tokaj itself.
Some of the most well-known wine producing areas are Tokaj, Bodrogkeresztúr, Bodrogkisfalud, Mád, Mezőzombor, Rátka, Szegi, Tarcal, and Tállya. These settlements form the core of the world heritage landscape, with other outstanding points of interest including the Ungvári Cellars in Sátoraljaújhely, the Rákóczi Cellars in Sárospatak, the row of cellars at Hercegkút, the historical row of cellars at Tolcsva and the Oremus Cellar, as well as the Wine Museum of the Tokaj Kereskedőház.
The Magyar Nemzeti Bank, Hungary’s central bank, is proud to issue the HUF 5,000 silver commemorative coin, celebrating the historic wine region of Tokaj, as the sixth member of its series highlighting World Heritage sites in Hungary. The coin is also a participant in the international “Europe” collectors programme.