Balassa Duck Furmint Tokaj 2024 Country_Hungary “& Father” is exactly what

“& Father” is exactly what it sounds like—a collaboration with his father Jorge Riccitelli

fresh-cut herbs

a savory undertow of earth and blood orange

and stony alluvium—each contributing its own voice to the wine’s profile

tajarin (Piedmont's fresh egg pasta) with truffle butter and aged Parmigiano

Balassa Duck Furmint Tokaj 2024 Country_Hungary “& Father” is exactly whatThe Land Tokaj is famous for Asz, the botrytized sweet wine that European courts spent three centuries fighting over, and that reputation obscures what the region mostly makes now: dry Furmint. The geology is the same either way. These are the Zempln hills in northeastern Hungary, the eroded remains of a volcanic range, with rhyolite, andesite, and volcanic tuff under a layer of wind blown loess. What makes Tokaj unique is the confluence of the Bodrog