This brand is a bit heavier, with more umami than other areas in Niigata because of it being so remote and snowed in. It has a voluptuousness and fuller body, with notes roasted pear, salty Marcona almonds, roasted and fresh herbaceous fennel, and a round, Chardonnay-like mouthfeel.
Stats:
- Niigata (Uonuma)
- Koshi-tanrei (kakemai-local), Yamadanishiki (kojimai)
- 55%
- Yeast : 1401
- SMV: 0.5
- Acidity: 1.4
- Water: on-site well water from an underground mountainous current