2017 Grace Winery Gris de Koshu

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  9/30/2020 - mietono Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Gris de Koshu, Grey of Koshu. Made from Koshu grapes from Yamanashi, Japan aged in stainless steel tanks. Pale lemon yellow with aromas of citrus fruit, tart green apple and some spice. Pleasant acidity, bit of bitterness, light clean finish and super easy to drink. Pairs well with Asian cuisine.

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  7/18/2018 - Bakka Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Partly agree with previous comments. Can find a bit of pear, citrus, touch of lanolin. A very nice Koshu wine, and impressive QPR. Tasted alongside Grace Koshu Kayagatake, which apparently is a “village” wine, and cost 200 Yen more (2000 vs 1800 Yen in Japan). The wines were both balanced and fresh, but cannot tell whether one is worth more than the other. Super wine with Japanese seafood. Comparison with Hunter Valley Semillon makes more sense to me than European wines, though Koshu is inherently a Japanese variety. Grace seems to improve every year. A clear front runner in Japanese fine wine. Agree that it would be very interesting to see if this wine develops further with aging.

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  5/16/2018 - forceberry wrote: 92 Points

  A Koshu from Yamanashi that sees some skin contact to add some aromatics to the rather neutral character of Koshu, but not to the extent to make this wine an "orange wine". Fermented and aged in stainless steel. 12% alcohol.
  
  Quite pale and fresh green-hued color - perhaps a bit deeper than the normally limpid hue of Koshu. Fresh and citrus-scented nose with pure and vibrant aromas of grapefruit, some key lime, a little bit of tart green apple and a hint of cantaloupe. The wine is crisp and medium-bodied on the palate with high - almost very high - acidity and bright flavors of apple peel bitterness, some grapefruit, a little bit of key lime, hints of grassy greenness and a saline mineral touch of seaside rocks. Great structure. The finish is bright and racy with slightly bitter flavors of apple peel and grapefruit along with notes of herbs, some salinity, hints of wet stones and a touch of yuzu.
  
  A very lively and lovely Koshu that shows no mellow acidity and neutrality the variety is known for. The wine isn't particularly fruity nor exuberant, but neither is it flavorless or dull - there's a lot of intensity and freshness here with good understated complexity. Overall the wine shows lovely purity and minerality, making it come across and surprisingly Chablis or Muscadet-like in style. Most likely a wine to be drunk young, although I wouldn't be surprised if this wine could evolve at least over a few years. Great value at 14,70€.

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