Furmint tokaji wine book

It is an early budding late ripening variety and and is particularly susceptible to botrytis. So the really sweet wines that characterise tokaji are much, much more difficult to make nowadays. Furmints success as a sweet wine grape explains its centuries long success story, as well. In the cold war era, few of these were produced, and even fewer were exported. But despite its 500year history in hungary, furmint, as a dry wine, has some pioneering to do. The fragrant, savory and spicy, furmint, is the white grape variety principally responsible for the highly desired, historically important and lusciously sweet, elixir called tokaji. Dry varietal furmint has caught on with local winemakers and oenophiles as sweet wines have fallen out of fashion. Often overlooked, furmint is the star ingredient in sweet tokaji wines from hungary, but dry styles are now making headlines, too kate. A handy guide of the world famous tokaj wine region with 100 wineries, plus. Is furmint the tastiest grape youve never heard of. The furmint grape is best known for the decadently sweet tokaji dessert wine, though it also produces excellent dry white wines in that region and elsewhere. The wine called tokaji is named after the hungarian region from which it comes. On this page we list the english language books on hungarian wines, started with. Order from our menu, or book one of our daily tastings.

More recently the motivations of proud, young hungarian winemakers have brought furmint into a new light as a delicately crisp and dry white. A base dry white wine is first made chateau pajzos uses the dry furmint they produce, then mixed with aszu berries botrytised, shriveled grapes that were originally picked from bunches into 20 liter wooden tubs called puttony. Its already the signature grape in tokaj and somlo along with juhfark and. Somm secretthe sweetest version, tokaji eszencia, contains so much sugar that it has an aging capacity of 200 years.

Master of wine, caroline gilby, was spot on when talked about the versatility of furmint, at a recent tasting in central london. Its bestknown for its wines from the tokaj wine region of hungary, where furmint is particularly susceptible to the botrytis fungus. Native to hungary, furmint is the white grape variety principally responsible for the highly desired, historically important and lusciously sweet, elixir called tokaji. From left to right omlas furmint a dry singlevarietal wine from omlas. Botrytis dries out the grapes and concentrates their sugars, leaving them in the ideal condition for worldclass, lusciously sweet tokaji dessert wines. Furmints origin is firmly planted in hungarys tokaj region. Tokaji wines are sweet, sophisticated, and historically sought. Often overlooked, furmint is the star ingredient in sweet tokaji wines from hungary, but dry styles are now making headlines, too kate hawkings fri 15 feb 2019 09. Similar to sauternes of bordeaux, tokaji wines are aromatic and elegant, with aromas of fruits and honey. Furmint is one of the most important hungarian varieties famously used in tokaji aszu dessert wines, but also available as a dry wine in a similar in style to riesling.

Furmint is especially subject to noble rot, aka botrytis, a desirable fungus that can grow on grapes in humid environments after extended hang times. Furmint is to tokaj what riesling is to germany, or chardonnay is to burgundy, but strangely it has the ability to move with great agility between differing styles, exuding a range of characteristics that are unique and very enjoyable. Often overlooked, furmint is the star ingredient in sweet tokaji wines from. Try hungarys tokaji, but keep it dry financial times. Royal tokaji the oddity furmint 2016 from hungary a finely balanced wine where the furmint grape shows sleek minerality, as well as floral, apple and peach notes. Tokaji or tokay is the name of the wines from the tokaj wine region in hungary or the adjoining. Known primarily as one of the main varieties behind the dessert wine tokaji aszu. A delicious light white with a refreshingly dry finish. Its wines are characterised by their high alcohol levels sometimes as much as 14% and their high acidity it is the latter which g. Her latest book, aperitif, is published by quadrille at. Hungarian winemakers also use furmint to make dry white wines. Imperial tokay is served in virginia woolfs 1925 novel mrs dalloway.