Kozaemon Tokubetsu Junmai Shinano-Miyamanishiki

Kozaemon?s flagship product featuring a light and fruity flavor

Kozaemon Tokubetsu Junmai Shinano-Miyamanishiki is the most popular product and the most widely distributed. The raw material of Miyamanishiki rice is grown by commissioned farmers in the villages at the foot of Komagatake in Nagano Prefecture. It features a faint aroma reminiscent of green apples and a crisp taste. The dry aftertaste makes this sake easy to drink for many people and it goes well with any dish with a range of serving temperatures. When served chilled, it can accompany simple and light dishes. When warmed, it is perfect with meat dishes and Chinese cuisine. 

Alc 15%
Polishing Ratio 60%
Refreshing acidity and gorgeous aroma,
The carbonated bubbles burst pleasantly in the mouth.

It is a sparkling nigori sake with a clean and refreshing aftertaste.
It is recommended as an aperitif, but is also great with rich, spicy dishes and desserts such as fruit.

Ippin Junmai Daiginjo Japanese Sake 一品纯米大吟酿 720ml

ABV: 16%

Region: Japan

Polishing Ratio: 50%

A hint of pineapple fragrance and sweet on the palate.

Awards

Double Gold prize of San Francisco IWC Winer 2017.

The best 2017, Double Gold 2017, 2015, 2014. USA international wine competition.

Serving Suggestion

Ideal on any occasion. Best served chilled, possible to warm up around 45 degrees.

Ippin Junmai Japanese Sake 一品纯米 720ml

ABV: 15%

Region: Japan

Polishing Ratio: 60%

IPPIN’s traditional Sake over 200 years. Nicely balanced medium bodied Sake.Smooth on the palate with a dry and finish.

Serving Termperature
Enjoyable with cold or warm.

Awards
San Francisco IWC Double gold 2017, Silver 2015,2014.

Description

Sweet, fragrant, and citrusy, the Ippin Yuzu Sake is a delicious and refreshing drink. It pairs great with grilled food, or drunk on its own.

TASTING NOTES FROM THE CURATOR:

The Yuzu Sake is Ippin’s signature “limoncello” sake. It uses two types of premium yuzu, giving it a wonderfully zesty characteristic. It’s sweet and fragrant, with an ABV of 8%. It’s refreshing to drink, with a brilliant citrus flavor that balances beautifully with its sake dimensions.

PREPARATION AND PAIRINGS

Serve your Ippin Yuzu Sake chilled or on the rocks, and pair with grilled food like teppanyaki. It also works well with sushi and Japanese omelets.

O2 Chenin - Chenin with oxygen, aged and oxidised in barrel for 3 years. In the spirit of the great dry Oloroso Sherry wines of Southern Spain or similar from the Jura, Portugal and beyond comes the first Central Otago version of what an aged style of wine can achieve.

Chenin, grown our Morrison vineyard, has been barrel fermented in older French oak and left aging on lees for a year. Racked and then fortified to 15% the wine is then left in barrel, 3/4's full, with air for a period of three years. Over this time it slowly develops its colour, a bright  amber  golden hue, and crucially also its flavours and aromas.

Aromas of lightly burnt butter & umami lead to a palate that is driven by bright acidity. Dry mineral edged nuttiness elevates these savoury flavours to a salty edged finish leaving nothing but freshness of flavour. Delicious and refreshing at the same time.

This is a wine that demands hard cheeses , salty cured meats, shellfish in their brine and piles of fresh notes and dried fruits to go with it, it will sing with matches such as these and remind you of every Mediterranean holiday you wish you had.

Drink slightly chilled
Eat with hard cheese and cured meats - or have a holiday in Spain

Grape varieties: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc

Winemaking: Cabernet and Merlot grapes are vinified and aged separately in French and American oak barrels, before being finished.
Controlled extraction – 3 weeks maceration with daily pumping over

Soil: Combination of clay, limestone and gravels.
Climate: Oceanic and mild climate.
Aging: Aged in oak for 6 months.

Tasting notes: Intense and brilliant red color. Expressive nose of small black fruits (blackberry, blueberry) with delicate roasted notes (cocoa). Fruit driven on the palate, supported by present and well-integrated tannins. A long and spicy aftertaste.

Grape varieties: Gamay

Winemaking: Hand harvesting on very demanding terroirs offering highest potential regarding the preservation of fresh fruit aromas, Beaujolais features. Our winemakers aim the perfect balance between jammy fruit and tannic structure. Semi-carbonic maceration – alcoholic fermentation with daily rack and return – malolactic fermentation – blending and fining.

Soil: Granite, sand and silica.
Climate: Continental climate with cold and dry winters and hot and sunny summers.
Aging: Ageing in vats.

Tasting notes:
Beautiful ruby red colour of good intensity. Elegant, with fresh fig and ripe red berry aromas (black cherry, wild strawberry), as well as delicate spicy notes. Nice structure on the palate with a long liquorice finish.

Food matches: Cold meats, grilled poultry and cheese.
Best served between 14°C and 16°C / 57+F and 60°F.

Muirkirk vineyard is situated on Felton Road in Bannockburn on a gentle north west sloping corner. This wine is about single site expression, a small limited parcel that shows the true characters of our vineyard within one of Central Otago’s greatest sub regions.

The Amedee cuvée by Philippe Brisebarre is a dry Vouvray vinified and aged in 500 litre barrels. It reveals subtle aromas of white-fleshed fruits, accompanied by gentle vanilla notes. On the palate, this wine offers a beautiful liveliness and great aromatic complexity, harmoniously combining the flavours of ripe fruits, honey, and gentle spices. 

Benchmark Clare Valley Shiraz, medium to full body with Elderberry, dark cherry and fresh red plum notes.

The McAskill range consists of small volumes of the highest quality wine sourced exclusively from the Gaelic Cemetery Vineyard located in the well known sub region of White Hut. Named in honour after John McAskill who donated the land next door to our vineyard in 1860 to be used as a cemetery for the Gaelic speaking Scottish pioneers of the Clare Valley.

Tasting Notes
Deep red in appearance with a fresh and youthful aroma. Red fruited – plums, cranberry, with underlying warm spices. Subtle oak maturation gives a wonderful textured and vibrant offering adding malt and spice complexity. Flavours linger in the mouth effortlessly, combined with a ripe but fine and long tannin profile bringing all the components together in complete harmony.

Technical Details
Region
100% Clare Valley, South Australia.
One of Australia's oldest and most premium wine regions, famous all around the world for it's Riesling and Shiraz wines in particular

Vineyard
Single vineyard

Varietal
100% Shiraz

The 2021 GCV White Hut Riesling continues to showcase the subregion where our well-renowned vineyard is located.

A delicate and fruit-driven Riesling with a long, fine palate.

GCV White Hut is named after a small sub region of the Clare Valley located just North of the Clare Township. With a high altitude of over 400m above sea level, consisting of undulating valleys and hills the region is well known for producing grapes of the highest quality. Enjoyable in its youth but carefully cellared will continue to evolve over the next 10 years.

Tasting Notes
The colour is a youthful pale straw with bright green hues. The aromatics are fruit driven with citrus, lemon pith and mandarin peel characters. The palate is delicate with a lemon flavour profile and a texture reminiscent of meringue. Long and fine, the palate lingers effortlessly. A high quality wine made to drink in its youth or for those that prefer, cellar for another 10 years.

Technical Details
Region
100% Clare Valley, South Australia.
One of Australia's oldest and most premium wine regions, famous all around the world for it's Riesling and Shiraz wines in particular

Vineyard
Single vineyard

Varietal
100% Riesling

The 2020 GCV White Hut Riesling is a new entrant to the Gaelic Cemetery portfolio, an opportunity to showcase the subregion where our well renowned vineyard is located.

GCV White Hut is named after a small sub region of the Clare Valley located just North of the Clare Township. With a high altitude of over 400m above sea level, consisting of undulating valleys and hills the region is well known for producing grapes of the highest quality. Enjoyable in its youth but carefully cellared will continue to evolve over the next 10 years.


Tasting Notes
The colour is pale straw with vivid green hues. Lifted aromatics showcase a pure expression of lemon pith with subtle notes of jasmine and citrus blossom. Flavour wise the palate has zesty lime juice and lemon grass flavours with a long chalky, mineral like acidity providing freshness, structure and length.

Technical Details
Region
100% Clare Valley, South Australia.
One of Australia's oldest and most premium wine regions, famous all around the world for it's Riesling and Shiraz wines in particular

Vineyard
Single vineyard

Varietal
100% Riesling

Kurokame Honkaku Shochu - 50 proof, 25%ABV

Kurokame is a surprising imo shochu made with “purple” Satsuma sweet potatoes. These potatoes have a robust reddish purple skin, but are a pale yellow inside. It is distilled traditionally in earthen pots (kame) using black koji (kuro koji) – thus the name, Kurokame – or black stone pot.

Kurokame has a surprisingly neutral nose. Imos tend to smell like fresh dirt in a good way. This imo smells more subtle – almost a roasted essence. The initial palate is spicy with a rich sweetness. And then the roast hits – a roasted wheat flavor. The roast holds along with a hint of sweet spiciness throughout the finish.

This is a delicious imo shochu. It’s difficult to decide whether we prefer it neat, cut with water (hot or cold), or on the rocks. Highly Recommended