2010 Suntory Muscat Bailey A Japan Premium Shiojiri

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 80 points

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  7/18/2015 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 75 Points

  This is VERY THIN for any of our preferred styles of wine. But, it contains a small hope for the Japanese way of perfecting things. Small... Actually: so small that only those with pink sunglasses have a chance at noticing it. And: suddenly it became dark.
  
  (Taste)
  Watery, no tannins, flaccid and short.
  BUT:
  It has a rich and luxorious aroma of grand oak (not at all integrated, but as happy as a standalone hot dog salesguy.)
  It holds a wonderful balance between watery fruit and being dead. The fruit in this wine says either: re-do and do it right, or possibly: replant the vinyard with some REAL grapes.
  
  I will never ever again buy anything made from this grape. Wife added that she's currently conscidering working the fields, but only as long as it means up-rooting Muscat Bailey A. Translated to Hindu: services for the greater God of humanity.

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  1/19/2014 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 85 Points

  The best Japanese red wine so far for us. Maybe even more so for Burg-heads. Was hyped in the Spring as a great Japanese wine to not miss out on. So we got two btls.
  
  Light red colour.
  Nose is young fruity with a clear character of a sweet-fatty mix between toffee and caramel.
  That little unusual character is an important part of the taste palette. Red berries, good fruit, a little extracted and YET watery... Acids M+, tannins M-, ok length. Complexities and layers are not really here.
  As the cork is short and ours had tounges over 1/3 of the length, we will enjoy our final btl at latest in 2015. Or with Pjaines in March...
  Home dinner with Sogo-kitchen (2 salads, baguette, olive oil from Clos Mogador, egg, kaviar, WAGYU meat-roll etc) cheese plate, dessert, chocolate, mikan.
  Wife: 82p
  One btl to go - soon.

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