European Wine Reference (Wine Folly)
Tokaji / Furmint
Hungary's Tokaj region and its Furmint grape — once the world's most famous sweet wines, today increasingly fine dry whites comparable to Chablis.
The grape is Furmint and the region is Tokaj, in Hungary. This area used to be one of the most famous wine regions in the world, when sweet wines like Tokaji were the most important wines anywhere. Today, however, more Hungarian wines are produced in a dry style — and dry Furmint is comparable to fine Chablis (source: European Wine Exploration Map _ Wine Folly.pdf).
That Chablis comparison links it straight to the trip's Burgundy leg: see Chablis and Burgundy (Bourgogne). Wine Folly files Tokaji among "the greats" alongside Champagne (source: European Wine Exploration Map _ Wine Folly.pdf).
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