Hungarian dry furmint can be challenging sometimes. We got a reminder of that in November, when our small wine club sat together to open a bunch of white wines (I only collected the furmints here). The most expensive turned out to be the least loved, and sadly no one was even surprised…
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Amazing supermarket Tokaji: Royal Tokaji Late Harvest 2017
This widely distributed, big production sweet tokaji has been on the market for around two decades, and while I liked the early vintages, I missed the last ten vintages or so. What about the current release? It’s not just good, but actually great! An amazing sweet wine for 9 euros!
Szepsy Szamorodni 2017
The 2017 is the latest release of the szamorodni from the most famous producer of Tokaj, Szepsy. A great wine, although quite pricey for 42€…
Péter Pince Tokaji Aszú 2017
It felt like Christmas when I opened this Tokaji aszú at the family lunch last Sunday. Just pure hedonism.
Péter Pince Arcus 2019
New vintage of the Péter Pince Arcus. A bit different, than the 2018, but none the less great… Continue reading
Juliet Victor Dry Furmint Tokaj 2016
World class sweet Tokaji – Barta Öreg Király Late Harvest 2018
Since winemaker Ujvári Vivien is in charge at Tokaj producer Barta, the wines are reaching new highs. This late harvested Furmint is just as impressive as it’s dry version from the same vineyard. Continue reading
Solid Furmint sparkling from Tokaj: Péter
I find it a bit confusing that besides many sweet and dry white styles Tokaj producers started to make sparklings in recent years as well. Nevertheless this example from Péter Pince is quite convincing…
Good midweek dry Tokaji – Gizella Furmint / Hárslevelű 2019
A quite common Furmint and Hárslevelű blend from one of the best producers of Tokaj, positioned just under 10 Euros so that it’s affordable. Production is also considerably bigger for this entry level white, than for the top wines.
Let’s call it grand cru dry Tokaji – Barta Öreg Király single vineyard Furmint, Mád, 2018
This is simply one of the greatest dry Tokaji Furmints I have ever tasted. I can recall only a few bottles of Szepsy and Demeter Zoltán from the last two decades, that amazed me this much. Those were made in a very different style, though, oaked and full-bodied.