Mád Tokaj winery with 20 hectares in eleven plots, Furmint led wines and Tokaji Aszú, including Dongo Furmint 2016.
The producer
MAD Wine is based in Mád in the Tokaj region, with Gábor Urbán named as winemaker. Its stated purpose is to express the terroir of Mád village through Furmint, Hárslevelű and Sárgamuskotály. The range covers white, dry and sweet wines, including Tokaji Aszú. The vineyard base extends across 20 hectares and eleven plots, most in first class areas, with further holdings in Tállya, Rátka and Tarcal. Dongo Furmint 2016 comes from a single vineyard and matured in third use Zempléni oak.
Known for
Mád Furmint and Tokaji Aszú
Notable facts
MAD Wine dates its wine operation to 2008.
MAD Wine owns 20 hectares divided among eleven vineyard plots.
Gábor Urbán is named as MAD Wine's winemaker.
Dongo Furmint 2016 matured for ten months in third use Hungarian Zempléni oak barrels.
From the atlas
MAD Wine
A Tokaj winery rooted in Mád terroir, with dry and sweet wines ranging from single vineyard Furmint to Tokaji Aszú.
At A Glance
Fact
Detail
Region
Tokaj
Village
Mád
Principal grapes
Furmint, Hárslevelű and Sárgamuskotály
Wine styles
White, dry, sweet and Tokaji Aszú
Defining feature
Wines dedicated to expressing Mád terroir
The Producer
Mád's terroir is the subject MAD Wine sets out to express. Gábor Urbán is named as the winemaker. The wine operation dates its foundation to 2008, while MAD Wine Kft was incorporated on 23 April 2007. The producer works with Furmint, Hárslevelű and Sárgamuskotály across white, dry, sweet and Tokaji Aszú styles.
Place
The vineyards cover 20 hectares divided among eleven plots, most in first class areas. Most holdings are in Mád, with additional vineyards in Tállya, Rátka and Tarcal. The selected plots were highly classified in 1737, during the world's first vineyard classification.
Wines
The range includes white wines, dry wines, sweet wines and Tokaji Aszú. Dongo Furmint 2016 is a dry single vineyard Furmint from the Dongo vineyard in Tállya, a site cultivated since the 18th century. It was hand harvested, fermented with native yeasts, put through malolactic fermentation and matured for ten months in third use Hungarian Zempléni oak barrels. Mad Szent Tamás 2014 is also a white wine from Mad Wine Kft.
Final Word
MAD Wine puts a named vineyard dry Furmint beside sweet wines and Tokaji Aszú, with Mád at the centre of the range.