Winery Szent TamásMad Late Harvest
Sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Furmint and the Harslevelu.
This wine generally goes well with spicy food and sweet desserts.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Mad Late Harvest of Winery Szent Tamás in the region of Tokaj often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices.
Food and wine pairings with Mad Late Harvest
Pairings that work perfectly with Mad Late Harvest
Original food and wine pairings with Mad Late Harvest
The Mad Late Harvest of Winery Szent Tamás matches generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of chicken colombo (west indies) or yoghurt cake.
Details and technical informations about Winery Szent Tamás's Mad Late Harvest.
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 Mad Late Harvest from Winery Szent Tamás are 2016, 2014, 2012, 0 and 2013.
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: Musk
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