Winery Szent TamásBirsalmás Mad Száraz - Furmint
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Birsalmás Mad Száraz - Furmint of Winery Szent Tamás in the region of Tokaj often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Birsalmás Mad Száraz - Furmint
Pairings that work perfectly with Birsalmás Mad Száraz - Furmint
Original food and wine pairings with Birsalmás Mad Száraz - Furmint
The Birsalmás Mad Száraz - Furmint of Winery Szent Tamás matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef stew with white wine, lamb shoulder confit with harissa or chicken wrap.
Details and technical informations about Winery Szent Tamás's Birsalmás Mad Száraz - Furmint.
Discover the grape variety: Furmint
Furmint is a very old Hungarian grape variety. It arrived in France in the 1800s. The bunches of Furmint are of medium size. They are compact and cylindrical. The berries are also of medium size. They are either short elliptical or rounded. Their thick skin changes from greenish white to reddish once the fruit is mature. This grape variety is known throughout the world for being part of the composition of the Hungarian Tokaj vintage. Robust, rich in alcohol and acidity, it needs light soil and a warm, dry climate to be fertile. It must also be pruned short and its budding takes place 7 days after the Chasselas. As for its maturity, it is of the second late period. This grape variety fears grey rot and erinosis. When vinified dry, Furmint produces a very fragrant, fine and highly alcoholic white wine.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Birsalmás Mad Száraz - Furmint from Winery Szent Tamás are 2013, 2012, 2011, 0 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Szent Tamás
The Winery Szent Tamás is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 34 wines for sale in the of Tokaj to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Tokaj
Tokaj (formerly Tokaj-Hegyalja) has Long been Hungary's most famous and respected wine region, thanks mostly to its nectar-like, botrytized Tokaji dessert wines. The region and its wine are held in such esteem in Hungary that the national anthem thanks God for it: Tokaj szolovesszein nektárt csepegtettél - into the vineyards of Tokaj you dripped Sweet nectar The region is located in the northeast of Hungary, near the border with Slovakia. Comprising roughly 30 small towns and villages, it measures 40 kilometers (25 miles) from southwest to northeast, making it roughly the same Size as Burgundy's Côte d'Or. At its very southern edge is the town of Tokaj from which the region and its wines ultimate take their name.
The word of the wine: Aging on lees
Maturing on the lees enhances the stability, aromatic complexity and texture of white wines, which gain in body and volume. This phenomenon is induced by autolysis, the process of self-degradation of the lees.
