Halas Furmit
Tokaj

Bodrog Borműhely Halas Furmit is a wine from Appellation of Origin Tokaj.

It is a single-varietal Furmint.

Bodrog Borműhely Halas Furmit grapes are hand-picked and sorted in the vineyard and then again in the winery. After settling for at least a day after crush, wines are barrelled down into local Szerednye Oak Barrels (3-4 years old) and left to ferment on their own yeasts. After regular batonnage, full malolactic fermentation and 9 months of aging sur lie, all wines are gently filtered and sulphured before bottling.

Although fermented and aged in Hungarian oak, it’s mostly the breathing nature of the wood and a little texture that’s imparted. The mixture of clay and volcanic tufa also lends a mineral richness that makes this the most creamy of the Bodrog wines. Furmint from the Lapis vineyard is to Tokaj what Chenin Blanc planted in the Montlouis-sur-Loire is to the Loire Valley.

From a tasting point of view, it is has sweet aromas, spicy on the palate, and a weighty texture balanced with enough acidity for pork, umami like sauces, and anything smokey. We recommend consuming it at a temperature between 9-11ºC.