Tokaj is famous for its sweet golden Aszú, but the same Furmint grape, on the same volcanic soils, now makes a serious dry white — and it is one of the most exciting new wine styles in Europe. Powerful, smoky and intensely mineral, with racing acidity, dry Furmint has been compared to grand cru white Burgundy and Alsace Riesling alike.
Only in the past two decades have Tokaj's growers turned in earnest to dry wine, rediscovering that their historic terroir makes more than nectar. Dry Furmint is the region's confident modern statement — the great sweet-wine land staking a claim in the world of fine dry whites.