furmint
English edit
Etymology edit
From Hungarian furmint, from Middle French fromenté (“a type of grape”). Doublet of frumenty.
Noun edit
furmint (countable and uncountable, plural furmints)
- A type of grape grown in Hungary, commonly used in tokays.
- 1958, Thomas Schreiber with Lynton Hudson, Hungary, page 40:
- […] the furmint (muscatel) of Somlo, full of fire and of the noble aroma drawn from the volcanic earth in which the grapes are grown, […]
- 1975, Zoltán Halász, A Short History of Hungary, page 39:
- […] from the wine regions of the Tokaj mountains (where the "froment" grape, the ancestor of the furmint, was introduced by Walloon settlers) […]
- 2005, Mary Cech with Jennie Schacht and Tim Patterson, The Wine Lover's Dessert Cookbook, page 20:
- Varietals commonly affected by botrytis include chenin blanc, furmint, muscadelle, muscat, riesling, sauvignon blanc, and semillon.
- 2009 February 25, Eric Asimov, “Asian Fusion, via the Wine List”, in The New York Times[1]:
- 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.
- 2016 August 14, David Williams, “The rise of furmint”, in The Guardian[2]:
- 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.
- A white wine made from this grape.