Winery St. HonaSomlo Furmint
White wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Somlo Furmint of Winery St. Hona in the region of Hungary often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit.
Details and technical informations about Winery St. Hona's Somlo Furmint.
Discover the grape variety: Furmint
Taut, structured whites with cutting acidity and a mineral mouth, featuring aromas of apple, quince, citrus, honey, smoke and chalk notes. Made as ambitious dry wines (Tokaji száraz, Somló), off-dry and especially sumptuous botrytised sweet wines: Tokaji Aszú (legendary, classified by puttonyos) and Tokaji Eszencia. Highly susceptible to noble rot. The absolute star of Tokaj in Hungary, also in Slovakia, Slovenia (Šipon) and Austria. Native Hungarian grape.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Somlo Furmint from Winery St. Hona are 2012, 2009, 0
Informations about the Winery St. Hona
The Winery St. Hona is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in the of Hungary to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Hungary
Millennia-old Central European wine country, 65,000 ha across 22 regions, 70% whites. Legendary Tokaji Aszú (UNESCO): golden botrytised sweet wines with signature notes of honey, candied apricot, orange peel and spice, taut acidity — one of the world's greatest sweet wines. Dry Furmint booming (lively and mineral), perfumed Hárslevelű. Egri Bikavér ("Bull's Blood") as a fleshy Kékfrankos red.
The word of the wine: Gouleyant
Characteristic of supple and light wines, particularly new wines.
