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White
750ml
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Aromas of candied apples and spicy pears with some lemon drops follow through to a medium body with some marzipan and...
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White
500ml
Bottle: $58.88
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The 2010 Tokaji Aszu 5-Puttonyos had been bottled just a fortnight before I tasted it. Considering the growing...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
12 bottles: $21.50
This serious body wine with great acid backbone has fruit aromas and grapefruit, green apple and peach along with a...
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500ml
Bottle: $65.94
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• 100% Furmint. • South/South-East facing vineyard at 300 meters above sea level. • Clay mixed with broken...
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500ml
Bottle: $71.94
12 bottles: $70.50
• 100% Furmint. • South/South-East facing vineyard at 300 meters above sea level. • Clay mixed with broken...
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500ml
Bottle: $88.93 $97.20
A gorgeous, gossamer-weight sweetie, creamy in texture yet beautifully balanced by vivid, mouthwatering acidity....
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White
500ml
Bottle: $36.94 $41.20
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $86.25
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500ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $145.23
Aromas of honey and black tea give way to peach, apricot and tropical fruit flavors in the mouth. This is a...
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375ml - Case of 6
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500ml - Case of 6
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750ml - Case of 6
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The very cool and delicate nose, with notes of mint and parsley, leads you into this very concentrated and tightly...
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Furmint Merlot Hungary

With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.

Hungary was once considered one of the world's leading wine countries, with their distinctive and flavorful wines being the favorites of Europe's royal families until the early 20th century and the fall of the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary. The Soviet Union all but obliterated Hungary's wine traditions, replacing their unique produce with the sweet and characterless red wines the country is still often associated with, yet thankfully, the past twenty five years has seen an impressive return to form. All over the historic Tokaj region, craftsmen and master vintners are using the grape varietals which thrive on the hillsides in the hot summers and long autumns to once again produce the amazingly flavored Tokaji wines – a wine made by allowing the grapes to wither on the vine, thus concentrating the sugars and producing remarkable flavors and aromas of marzipan, dried fruits, pear and candied peel.