Winemaker Notes
Light straw yellow robe with green reflex. Fresh, fruity nose with almond, white peach, stone fruits, pear aromas together with some floral, vegetal hints (hay). On the palate, it has crisp acidity with saline notes, medium bodied, with pleasant texture, with good mineral finish.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Almost translucent in the glass, this dry Furmint has citrus and herbaceous aromas. Expect bright lemon and minerally flavors before the long, tart finish.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The 2024 Disznóko Tokaji Furmint with csirkepaprikás settles effortlessly into its Hungarian roots, where the wine’s aromatic spice and peach skin notes echo the sweet paprika-laced sauce, its medium body gliding alongside the dish’s creamy texture while a subtle almond nuance adds a quiet savory bridge, and its firm, clean finish lifts and refreshes each bite. This understated, soulful match feels entirely at home. (Tasted: April 3, 2026, San Francisco, CA)
Native to Hungary, Furmint is the white grape variety principally responsible for the highly desired, historically important and lusciously sweet, elixir called Tokaji. The wine called Tokaji is named after the Hungarian region from which it comes: Tokaj. More recently the motivations of proud, young Hungarian winemakers have brought Furmint into a new light as a delicately crisp and dry white. Somm Secret—The sweetest version, Tokaji Eszencia, contains so much sugar that it has an aging capacity of 200 years!
Best known for lusciously sweet dessert wines but also home to distinctive dry whites and reds, Hungary is an exciting country at the crossroads of tradition and innovation. Mostly flat with a continental climate, Hungary is almost perfectly bisected by the Danube River (known here as the Duna), and contains central Europe’s largest lake, Balaton. Soil types vary throughout the country but some of the best vines, particularly in Tokaj, are planted on mineral-rich, volcanic soil.
Tokaj, Hungary’s most famous wine region, is home to the venerated botrytized sweet wine, Tokaji, produced from a blend of Furmint and Hárslevelű. Dry and semi-dry wines are also made in Tokaj, using the same varieties. Other native white varieties include the relatively aromatic and floral, Irsai Olivér, Cserszegi Fűszeres and Királyleányka, as well as the distinctively smoky and savory, Juhfark. Common red varieties include velvety, Pinot Noir-like Kadarka and juicy, easy-drinking Kékfrankos (known elsewhere as Blaufränkisch).