2019 Soryu Winery Koshu Curious Type N

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 86.5 points

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  1/20/2022 - forceberry wrote: 88 Points

  100% Koshu from the Katsunuma subregion of Yamanashi, harvested in late October. Aged in stainless steel tanks on the lees. 12% alcohol, 1 g/l residual sugar, 6,8 g/l acidity.
  
  Very pale, neutral whitish-green color. Somewhat reductive and even slightly skunky nose with aromas of zesty citrus fruit, some leesy character, light appley tones, a little bit of flinty reduction, a mineral hint of gun metal and a touch of sulfur smoke. The wine is dry, crisp and fresh on the palate with a linear and somewhat neutral taste of fresh red apple, some grapefruit, a little bit of leesy character, light steely mineral tones, a hint of pear and a faint autolytic touch of bready character. Nice high acidity. The finish is fresh, clean and somewhat neutral with a bright, moderately long and a bit linear aftertaste of pear, some sharp green apple tones, a little bit of leesy character, light crunchy apple tones and a hint of smoky reduction.
  
  A nice, harmonious and refreshing Koshu with good sense of focus and brightness, thanks to the clean taste and high acidity. However, the wine seems to suffer a bit from reduction, muting the fruit flavors a bit and even lending a subtly skunky touch to the nose. Some aeration might help, but I have no idea how much air the wine needs, since it didn't change much during the several hours the bottle was kept open. I guess the screwcap might be the culprit here, because apart from one other bottle, this was the only wine in our tasting not closed with a natural cork, and at the same time the only one showing obvious reduction. I hope the screwcap lets enough oxygen in the bottle so that the wine might lose its reductive nature with enough aging. At 34,86€, the wine feels quite overpriced for the quality.

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  10/29/2021 - mrgarreth Likes this wine: 85 Points

  Very green. Unripe apple, grass, bergamot. Lovely crispness and acidity, maybe even a suggestion of salinity. Falls way a bit on the finish.

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