What it pairs with
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Grilled pepper salad with garlic
The wine's riper southern-site fruit matches the sweetness of charred peppers. -
Fried catfish
High-acid Furmint cuts through the fried coating and rich river fish fat. -
Sheep's cheese with paprika
The wine's fresh minerality balances the salt and fat of Hungarian sheep's cheese.
History
Katona Pince in Abaújszántó occupies the southernmost wine village of the Tokaj-Hegyalja PDO; warmer average temperatures produce wines with riper fruit profiles. The village is less visited than Mád or Tokaj town but holds old vine stocks.
- 2010 — Katona Pince begins estate-bottling under family label in Abaújszántó
Facts
- Producer
- Katona Pince
- Grapes
- Furmint
- Classification
- Tokaj PDO
- Oak
- Stainless steel
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- €8-14 at retail
- Drinking window
- 1-5 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2010