What is Tokaji Furmint?
Furmint is a white Hungarian wine grape variety that is most noted widely grown in the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region where it is used to produce single-varietal dry wines as well as being the principal grape in the better known Tokaji dessert wines. …
How much is a bottle of Tokaji wine?
At $40,000 a bottle, Tokaj winemaker aims to revive royal heritage | Reuters.
Is Tokaji wine good?
Tokaji Aszú wines are memorable precisely because of the climate, soil, elaborate production style, aromatic complexity, and the fantastic balance between sugar and acidity.
How do you drink Tokaji Aszu?
Tokaji Aszú and Essencia is best consumed at a temperature between 11 to 14 °C (52 to 57 °F). Warmer temperatures enhance its flavour, but make it appear less fresh. A Szamorodni can be enjoyed at slightly cooler temperatures than an Aszú or Essencia.
Is Furmint wine dry?
Dry or sweet
Furmint/Sweetness of resulting wine
What does Furmint wine taste like?
This well-made dry Furmint has a complex bouquet of citrus flowers, apple blossom and freshly cut white peach. In the mouth, there are flavors of peach, pineapple and passion fruit that dance on your tongue before the crisp acidic finish.
Why is Tokaji so expensive?
Why is it so special? For starters, you need a rare mould called ‘botrytis cinerea’ (in layman’s terms ‘noble rot’) to make the Royal Tokaji Essencia. This mould requires extremely specific conditions to thrive – conditions that can only be found in a handful of regions around the world.
What is the world’s most expensive wine?
1. Screaming Eagle Cabernet 1992 – $500,000. Costing a whopping $500,000 dollars for a single bottle, the most expensive wine in the world costs more than an average home!
What does Tokaji wine taste like?
Tasting Notes Of course it’s very sweet, but the sweetness is almost not even the point. Tokaji aszú is famous for its perfect harmony between its high sugar content and its high (and very refined) acidity. Aszú is more about this perfect balance than about its sweetness.
Is Tokaji a fortified wine?
It is fermented to dryness, and then aged under flor (a veil of type of yeast which is unique to Tokaj’s cellars). Though no fortification is allowed, dry Szamorodni is reminiscent of sherry.
Do you chill Tokay?
Tokaj wines should be slightly chilled, but they’ll benefit from being consumed a bit warmer than the typical white wine would be, between 54-59°F (12-15°C).
How long does Tokaji last once opened?
You’ll find Tokaji wines in the traditional 500 ml bottle, which is in between a half bottle (375 ml) and a full bottle (750 ml). Because of the high sugar content, once you open a bottle, the wine will keep for at least a week, so you can enjoy it slowly over time.