The fabulous grape that is Furmint is gaining more and more fans outside its homeland in northeastern Hungary. It can deliver appealing wines in just about every style you can think of. From juicy, crisp deliciousness-in-a-glass at its entry level – sometimes blended with a little Hárslevelű in this category, as in Füleky’s Fülöp, The Phenomenon (2018, £14 Amathus Drinks) – to refined sparkling wines, wonderfully complex layered dry whites – look out for DWWA Gold medal-winning Bomboly 2018 and Király 2018 from Juliet Victor (via Bancroft Wines) – and of course the legendary, simply gorgeous sweet wines (Patricius winery’s 98-point Aszú 6 Puttonyos shouldn’t be missed: 2016, £39.95/50cl Chiltern Wines).There aren’t very many grapes in the world that are able to offer such incredible
