furmint

plural furmints

1. countableuncountableA type of grape grown in Hungary, commonly used in tokays.

   Varietals commonly affected by botrytis include chenin blanc, furmint, muscadelle, muscat, riesling, sauvignon blanc, and semillon.

   2005, Mary Cech with Jennie Schacht and Tim Patterson, The Wine Lover's Dessert Cookbook, page 20

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   […] the furmint (muscatel) of Somlo, full of fire and of the noble aroma drawn from the volcanic earth in which the grapes are grown, […]

   1958, Thomas Schreiber with Lynton Hudson, Hungary, page 40

   […] from the wine regions of the Tokaj mountains (where the "froment" grape, the ancestor of the furmint, was introduced by Walloon settlers) […]

   1975, Zoltán Halász, A Short History of Hungary, page 39

   It was made from the furmint grape, which is better known in Hungary’s lusciously sweet tokays, but this was delicate, floral and just right with a tart chicken curry dish.

   2009 February 25, Eric Asimov, “Asian Fusion, via the Wine List”, in The New York Times

   I’m not sure if it qualifies as a trend just yet, but you may have noticed more of the central and eastern European grape variety furmint cropping up in your wine shop in the past couple of years.

   2016 August 14, David Williams, “The rise of furmint”, in The Guardian

2. countableuncountableA white wine made from this grape.