Furmint February – Following traditions at N28

In February, all over the country – and even across our borders – restaurants, wine shops and wine bars will focus on this wonderful grape variety, whose origins are linked to Hungary, in particular the Tokaj wine region. It is of high quality and can be made into a wide variety of styles of wine. It has proven itself as a dry white wine and as a base for sparkling wine. In general, the variety produces relatively full-bodied wines with high acidity, in dry wines it is an excellent expression of the region thanks to its neutral style, and in sweet wines it can be used as the basis for very complex aszú wines in the Tokaj wine region due to the botrytis effect. In terms of aromatics, it is often characterised by quince, quince pear, peach and apricot.