FURMINT 2024

Name: FURMINT 2024
Brand: Péter Nagyváradi
SKU: SW-HU-NAGY-FURM-24
Price: 27.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Hungary , Balaton

Pale gold with a green edge. Lime zest, green apple, ripe pear, lemon balm, wet stone. Taut. Saline. Full of energy.

Wine Type: White

Size: 750ml

Grapes: 100% Furmint

Drinking Window: Drink now – 2030

Vintage: 2024

Alcohol: 13.5%

Food Pairings: Smoked fish · Roast chicken · Aged cheese · Fried food

Nutrients: Per 100ml: Energy 318 kJ / 76 kcal, Carbohydrates <0.5g, of which sugars <0.5g. Contains small amounts of fat, saturated fat, protein and salt. No sulphites added; contains naturally occurring sulphites.

€27 €36/L

Furmint is the grape most people know from Tokaj, in Hungary's far north-east. Péter Nagyváradi grows it on the other side of the country, on his own 0.8-hectare plot in Monoszló, on the northern shore of Lake Balaton, where the vines stand on limestone and basalt next to his Kékfrankos. It is the most energetic white in his cellar, finer and more balanced than Perm, with a long, stony finish.

Péter came to Balaton in 2018, after harvests in Hungary, New Zealand and Chile, and started by bringing a neglected parcel of old bush vines back to life on weekends. Today his family winery farms two hectares across five plots, organically, and keeps the cellar simple: an old basket press, native yeasts, used barrels, and time.

Only 30 bottles of this vintage came to us. Open one with food and give it a few minutes in the glass.

Furmint from Péter's own vines in Monoszló, on limestone and basalt, harvested by hand. Whole bunches go straight into a basket press, and the juice ferments on native yeasts in barrels of 225 to 500 litres, where it also goes through malolactic fermentation on its own. The wine rests on its lees for eleven months and is bottled without fining, filtration or added sulphur.

Chill for 25 minutes before opening. Already cold? Take it out and wait 5–10 minutes — this white works best around 10°C.

No decanting needed, but give it 10 minutes in the glass. It gains in depth as it warms slightly.