Sec Tokaji Furmint

Hungarian Furmint made by Huet owners and it shows. Starts off appley & sour patch, but morphs into high toned honeycomb, iodine, & endive. Imagine it would still evolve in glass if we had given more air. Like a baby Huet at 21$ on sale. Yowza.

An almost overwhelming honeyed quality on the nose and attack leads in to an amply textured body that finishes satisfyingly dry and tart. Mature and very enjoyable.

Medium+ intensity on the nose. Honeysuckle, acacia, cream, yogurt, Meyer lemon, white pepper, lentil, yellow bruised apple, apricot, stony minerality, and beeswax. Elevated acidity, medium+ body, glycerol rounding out the palate with a phenolic bite. 13.5%. Medium+ finish. Somewhere between Condrieu and Vouvray Sec. Sites owned by the Hwang family (Domaine Huet).

Yummy doodles. Had with Thai food for my wife’s birthday.

This is one intense white. Nose has a wallop of sweet minerality along with pear/Golden Delicious apple fruit. The flavor concentration in the mouth is remarkable. Minerals, fruit, a lily-like floral note. Long finish. Decent acids. Eye-opening for me about what dry Furmint can achieve!

Great use of 18 USD! Good selection by the Garagiste

Excellent vintage. Quite a bit more complex than 2014. Outstanding with sushi. 🍣

Medium gold color, with oatmeal, bruised apple, saffron, and wooly nose nose is a dead ringer for rustic Chenin from Loire. Less acidity than chenin.

Like a Savannieres on steroids. Absolutely pungent minerality with some oxidation present, funkified apricot and bruised apples lying on the ground notes, and, to borrow a Lyle Fass term, armpit. A bit more civilized in the mouth. Very interesting.

Autumn in a glass, and I am here. For. It.