MA'D Tokaji Furmint

I had the good fortune to have spent time with István Szepsy Jr. while in Tokaji's Mád village, from which this wine takes its name. This is a late harvest Furmint-Hárslevelű endowed with pungent botrytisized aromas of dried mango, yellow peach, apricot, orange blossom and nougatine, it's profile on the nose mirrors that of that palate. What is perhaps defining about these wines is, aside from the stunning value of price for quality, is the cascading minerality that carves a canyon through lush layers of fruit and spice. 11.0% ABV | Sample

One of the bottles I brought back in my luggage, the 2012 MÁD Tokaj Dry Furmint is exactly as advertised, bone dry. Furmint is a non-aromatic white, in this style what shines through is complexity and minerality. Nuanced aromas of walnut skins, burnished pear, golden apple and a sort of golden-hued, bordering on oxidative noblesse that I enjoy so much in aged Champagne. It's equally nuanced on the palate, with texture that communicates depth, subtlety and soil. Pomace and chalk and clay. Bitter almond. White grapefruit rind. It's all there. 13.0% ABV | Sample

Dry balanced white wine, similar level of dryness to a brut champagne with an almost oak taste at the start. The nose mirrors the flavor closely.

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