Vanessa

9.2

“What grows together, goes together” is a wine-pairing principle to live by!

Tonight, we’re pairing a classic Hungarian dish of chicken paprikash with a dry Furmint wine produced by Royal Tokaji in the region of Tokaj, Hungary.  🇭🇺

This particular wine comes from one of only two “great 1st growth” vineyards, called Mézes Mály, planted with 40 y/o vines. This site has a south-facing aspect, ideal for capturing longer sunshine hours during the growing season, which aids in ripening grapes. ☀️🌱

The grape used to make this wine is Furmint, an indigenous white variety capable of producing top quality wine in a range of styles from sweet to dry to still to sparkling.  It has a naturally high acidity, even when ripe, which supports balance and refreshing qualities in the final wine. ⚖️

This wine was fermented and aged (10 mos) in Zemplén oak barrels, lending richness and a weighted mouthfeel.  The acidity is racy with layered notes of lemon, kumquat, ripe white peach, nectarine, honeysuckle, white blossom, wet stones, flintiness, saline, and sapidity; an elegant and textural wine that stands up nicely to (yet doesn’t compete with) this savory meal.  🥘 🍽️

Cheers to Tokaj, a region steeped in history, tradition, and terroir!  🥂🥂
— a month ago

with Deked1

Christine Havens

9.2

More Hungarian splendor—the 2013 Szent Tamás Nyulászó boasts a wonderful inner luminescence. Quietly elegant notes of bosc pear, almond, orange marmalade, and quince are the hallmark of this single vineyard designate. Nyulászó is one of Tokaj's grand crus, and the vines are seated in brick-hued volcanic soils rich in zeolite, at the crest of the South-Zemplén Mountains. Aging in Hungarian oak has gifted this blend of Furmint and Hárslevelű with softly glowing transparency and texture. Minerality shines through. 13.0% ABV 3.1 g/l RS | Sample — 8 years ago

Carter White

9.4

Waxy honey, orchard fruit, still vibrant, a musky hint that blew off. — 6 months ago

Pooneet K

9.2

Actually the “bomboly” but couldn’t find that. Lovely furmint. Perfect pairing with a crab salad at Daniel and a great selection by the Somm. — 2 years ago

J Levenson

9.3

“Batrta’s Oreg Kiray Dulo is a frontrunner for Hungary’s finest grape-growing site. This is dry Furmint like you’ve never experienced-it has more texture, pure fruit, and mineral verve than many of the world’s greatest whites.” - Ian Cauble, SommSelect. He nails it once again. Paid $35 — 6 years ago

Yury Glazkov

9.0

A great example of the puttonyos style, selectively deep fresh sweetness and added elegant mild wood notes through the aging. As a result, intense notes of ripe dried peaches and pears — 9 years ago

S.S. Mandani

9.1

Woah never had a bouquet like this. Intense beeswax. Resin.

Wow. Intense Asian pear and unfiltered honey, beeswax, lemongrass, coconut water.

Silken mouthfeel with an idiosyncratic flavor profile. — 7 months ago

Sara Thomas

8.9

Citrusy, herbaceous, mineral notes — 6 years ago

D Scher

8.9

2002 vintage. Lovely amber color in this Hungarian dessert wine. Soft, honeyed apricots, pears, caramel. Candied orange peel in the finish. Definite sweetness without cloying. 12.5% ABV. — 6 years ago

Keith Richardson

9.5

Id marry this, make love and have delicious babies — 9 years ago