Grace Rosé Akeno Vineyard 2024
$80.00
AROMA: Rich fruit notes such as blood orange, redcurrant, cowberry and cherries and floral notes of thyme and rosemary.
PALATE: Complex, with exotic spices. Refined, yet the concentrated flavours from low-yields give structure, and the acidity typical of cooler regions give tension on the palate. This rosé wine has a long finish, combining freshness and depth.
FOOD MATCH: Poached wild salmon with fresh dill and beurre blanc.
Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon (37%) Merlot (35%)Cabernet Franc (21%) Petit Verdot (7%)
Drinking window: 2025-2035
Alc. 12, 50%
114 in stock
Description
Misawa Vineyard, Akeno town (cho),700m, Yamanashi Prefecture
This wine was born in 2008, from the desire of head viticulturalist and winemaker, Ayana Misawa, to make a dry rosé with structure in Japan. The varietal composition changes from year to year, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc grown at the Misawa Vineyard without herbicides or chemical fertilizers applied are separated into small lots and are fermented separately by direct press and the Saignée method, followed by maturation in old French oak barrels. By doing so, the wine expresses both the complexity of the varietal characters and the sense of place.
Serious Rose, for the connoisseur who is looking for complexity and cellar worthy characters. Fermentation and maturation in seasoned French oak barrels.
Cabernet Sauvignon (38%) Cabernet Franc (29%)Merlot (27%) Petit Verdot (6%)
Additional Information
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Reviews/Awards/Ratings
THE WINEFRONT
Grace Rosé 2022 – 93 / 100 Points
Previous Vintage – sold out
Cherry, redcurrant, poached strawberry, watermelon, some dried herb perfume. It’s fresh, light in body, redcurrant and strawberry with a cranberry crunch to acidity, a little white pepper to taste, and also to texture, something of a saline/nori flavour in the mix, and a bright and dusty finish of excellent length. It’d be easy enough to add a point if it you were drinking it with a nice piece of salmon
– Gary Walsh (25 July 2023)
