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According to Hungarian legend the first aszú ( a wine using botrytised grapes ) was made by Laczkó Máté Szepsi in 1630.

However, mention of wine made from botrytised grapes had already appeared in the Nomenklatura of Fabricius Balázs Sziksai, which was completed in 1576.

A recently discovered inventory of aszú predates this reference by five years.

When vineyard classification began in 1730 in the Tokaj region, one of the gradings given to the various terroirs centered on their potential to develop Botrytis cinerea.