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| The winery is located in Tamba, near Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan, known as the cornucopia of delicacies. For centuries this small town has supplied ingredients for fine Japanese cuisine, with the widest diurnal temperature difference in Japan. |
| Plum Wine - Joshu haku |
Joshu haku is made from Joshu hakubai, green plums grown in carefully nurtured orchards to produce a limited crop each harvest. Some of the fruit becomes luxurious traditional Japanese sweets. The rest is vinified into a superb plum wine with the natural clean, sweet and bitter flavors beaming in the glass.
This wine is not to be confused with ordinary Sake or Shochu infused with plum. This is a wine vinified from sweet fruit. Joshu haku plums are a rare and ancient variety grown exclusively in Kyoto. Yields are miniscule. The plum is the size of a peach with a thick, juicy layer of pulp over a large pit. Only 1250 cases of wine are produced annually.
Tasting Notes:
Aromas of green plums, candied fruit with herbaceous notes. Off-dry on the palate but with refreshing fruity acidity.
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