Grape · Tokaj, Hungary
Furmint
FOOR-mint
Tokaj's steel and honey
The great grape of Tokaj: searing acid that can be bone-dry volcanic white or the skeleton of aszú dessert wines.
- apple
- honey
- smoke
- quince
- ginger
Profile
Bodymedium
Acidhigh
Sugardry
Dry Furmint is one of Europe's most exciting whites: volcanic smoke, apple, and acid that makes Riesling nod. Sweet aszú is noble rot on Furmint (and Hárslevelű), ranked in puttonyos, and among the longest-lived wines on earth.
Tokaj is not only dessert. If you only know the sweet, try a dry single-vineyard bottle.
Dry: river fish and foie. Sweet: blue cheese, foie gras, and fruit tarts.
At the table
Service
Dry 48–52 °F (9–11 °C); aszú 50–54 °F (10–12 °C).
