Sentence examples for dry furmint from inspiring English sources
He said that dry furmint is aiming to be the next star wine from Tokaj.
In a different register is the musky, slightly spicy Patricius Tokaji Dry Furmint 2015 (£12.50 Great Western Wine; 12% abv), which would be delicious with smoked and salted fish such as salmon or salt cod, or a smoked fish pie.
Diners can sample dishes such as red tuna with strawberry sour (£8.60) and mangalica pork belly with buttered vegetables (£7.20), washed down with a glass of crisp, dry furmint white, one of more than 200 (mostly Hungarian) bottles to choose from here.
An ideal introduction to the variety is Royal Tokaji's Dry Furmint 2015 (£9.99, or £8.99 on the mix-six deal at Majestic; 13% abv), which contains a little harslevelu (an equally interesting grape, but with a name like that, you can see why it won't take off) and is made in a lusher style that should appeal if you're a sauvignon fan.
"Unfortunately, the entire region, Slovak and Hungarian combined, is not large enough for the producers to supply the whole world with sufficient dry furmint, so there is only one option available: limited number of bottles, high quality, premium price and intensive marketing," he said.
Tasting her winery's dry furmint-harslevelu cuvée, I thought I got a sense of the difference: while Bott Pince's 100 percent furmint wine had been stony and sharp, the blend brought out more cantaloupe and sweet melon with less acidity, finishing with just a touch of linden blossom.
Would we also care about the assyrtikos of Santorini, and the dry furmints of Hungary, and rejoice when we find them on a wine list?
That fame was earned in large part because of its dry white furmint, now called Mandolas after the vineyard where the grapes are grown, which once received a not-too-shabby 89 points from Wine Enthusiast.
The standout bargain is a really delicious Késői Arany Tokaji 2013 (£8.99 for 50cl; 10% abv) that would be great with a light chocolate dessert; and, at £5.99, Château Dereszla's fresh, dry Tokaji Furmint is good value.
His cooking and her charm are a potent combination (although I wish she'd told me, when recommending a blissful, dry Szepsy Estate Furmint Tokaj, that it was £61).
