Mongaku Valley Winery 2019 3 Bts 750ml Set

Mongaku Valley Winery 2019 – 3 Bottle Set (Nara, Tochi, Haku)

1. 楢 Nara 2019 – dry white from black grapes (blanc de noirs style): Pinotage 65%, Pinot Noir 23%, Chardonnay 6% and others; 13.0%
2. 杳 Tochi 2019 – blanc de noirs-style dry white: Pinot Noir 75%, Pinot Gris 8%, Sauvignon Blanc 7% and others; 12.5%
3. 栢 Haku 2019 – blanc de blancs-style dry white: Chardonnay 65%, Pinot Noir 32%, Sauvignon Blanc 2% and others; 13.0%

Mongaku Valley Winery is the estate of Shigeaki Kihara in the Nobori district of Yoichi, Hokkaido, opened in 2018 on revived farmland, with about 2 hectares of vines at 130–140 metres. All of its wines are field blends: several French varieties grown together are pressed and co-fermented with wild yeast, a concept inspired by Japanese dashi, where several ingredients are combined into one balanced stock. The aim is a cool-climate dry white with acidity, complexity and gentle bitterness in balance.

All three were whole-bunch pressed, fermented in stainless steel with native yeast, went through malolactic fermentation and were bottled unfined and unfiltered in September 2020 under DIAM corks; a little sediment or haze is natural.

Producer: Mongaku Valley Winery (Shigeaki Kihara)
Vintage: 2019
Type: Dry white (field blend)
Region: Nobori, Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan
Volume: 750ml x 3