Hakushika Kuromatsu Tokusen Junmai Sake 720mlLight to medium bodied and dry with notes of honeydew and stony minerals, with medium acid, and a smooth finish. Drink chilled to sharpen the finish, or warm to draw out the aromas.

-wine labeling and classification 101 for wine countries such as France

and a persistent mousse

After distillation

More than 100 years after Prohibition was enacted

December 2023 Wine Club:

with medium plus to high acid that cleans it all up

From the Producer:  When we first laid eyes on this farm in 2013

The wine has a medium

Chardonnay from Finger Lakes

and lingering fruit on the dry finish

and 3% Aglianico from Riverland

pepper and cinnamon-spiced toffee and smoke