2018 Yamato Wine Co Koshu Huggy Wine Choujou

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  1/20/2022 - forceberry wrote: 91 Points

  100% Yamanashi Koshu aged in oak casks. According to the label, the winemaker is Yasuki Hagihara, a farmer and winemaker in 4th generation. 12% alcohol.
  
  Pale lemon yellow color. Rich, sweetly-fruited nose with quite tropical aromas of mango, some ripe white peach, a little bit of green banana and a hint of avocado. The wine is ripe, juicy and richly-textured on the palate with a medium-to-moderately full body and supple yet slightly neutral flavors of white peach, some red apple, light leesy notes, a little bit of tangy salinity, a hint of creamy oak and a herbal touch of grassy greenness. Nice, bright acidity. The finish is ripe and juicy yet quite dry with long flavors of white peach, some tart green apple, light saline mineral notes, a little bit of creamy oak, a tart tropical hint of passion fruit and a touch of mango.
  
  A fresh, harmonious and still very youthful Koshu that seems to have picked up some rich tropical fruit notes and subtle creaminess from the oak élevage without imbuing the wine with any overt oak aromatics. Although the wine retains some of that inherent neutral character typical of Koshu, it still manages to show a good combination of fruit and depth of flavor along with bright, high acidity and a nice undercurrent of saline minerality. Furthermore, this feels like a Koshu that could actually continue to improve for some years in a cellar. All in all, a very positive effort. Great value at 1795¥ / approx. 13-14€.

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