Furmint
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Furmint is a white Hungarian wine grape variety that is most noted widely grown in the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region where it is used to produce single-varietal dry wines as well as being the principal g
Furmint grape cluster
Gouais blanc, one of the likely parent varieties of Furmint.
Furmint may have been introduced to Hungary during the reign of King Béla IV.
Furmint grape cluster and leaf from Viala et Vermorel's 1901-1910 ampelography texts.
Gouais blanc
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Gouais blanc or Weißer Heunisch is a white grape variety that is seldom grown today but is important as the ancestor of many traditional French and German grape varieties. The name Gouais derives from
Furmint
…Tokaji Aszú" grape. In the early 21st century, DNA analysis confirmed that a parent-offspring relationship exist between Furmint and the Hunnic grape Gouais blanc. As Gouais blanc, has been noted in documents since the early Middle Ages and has been well established as the parent of several grape varieties such…
Gouais blanc in Viala & Vermorel (as Gouget blanc)