Furmint Tokaj sweet

Also known as: Sipon

Furmint is the dominant variety of Tokaj, the legendary wine region of north-east Hungary. In the great Tokaji Aszú — nectars produced from botrytised ‘puttonyos’ grapes (3 to 6 puttonyos, even Essencia) — Furmint provides its incomparable acidic structure, without which balance would be impossible despite the sugar …