Homoky Dorka
2018 Görbe Furmint
- Producer
- Homoky Dorka
- Appellation
- Tokaj, Hungary
- Vintage
- 2018
- Composition
- 100% Furmint
- Climate
- Cool Continental
- Soils
- Rhyolite bedrock
- Maceration & aging
- Fermented in stainless steel then half onon the lees in Hungarian oak barrel for 2 months and half on the lees in stainless
- Alcohol
- 14.1%
- Residual sugar
- 1.2 g/l
- Acidity
- 5.2 g/l
Notes & Pairings
Dorka hated this wine at first and admitted to feeling a little detached from it. Still working on her diploma, she worked the 2019 harvest in New Zealand and left much of the work to her parents. The vintage was hot, yields were low, and even with 2 months in barrel to soften things out, it was difficult to understand it when she returned home. Turns out that this site just needs some time in bottle and time opened as well. She’s come around to love it and also makes a skin-fermented Muscat from the site as well. For us, it’s like walking into a thermal spa in Budapest. Thick sodium rich soft water spiked with sweet spices and refreshing Tokaji acidity.