Mongaku Valley 2022, Tochi 13% * on order *

Mongaku Valley 2022, Tochi 13% * on order *

Name: Mongaku Valley 2022, Tochi 13% * on order *
Brand: MONGAKU VALLEY
SKU: NISMOVA1
Price: 80.00 EUR
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Mongaku Valley Winery is a family viticultural exploitation, founded by Mr. Shigeki Kihara in 2012.
The estate is located on a hill at 130 meters above sea level, overlooking the ocean and the mountains, about 5 km from Ishikari Bay.
The domain grows 7 different types of grapes in its own vineyard (2.2 ha): Chardonnay / Pinot black / pinotage / Pinot Gray / Sauvignon Blanc / Pinot Blanc / Gewurztraminer.

In 2022, the beginning of the year was more charged because the snow has melted late until spring, when the domain started carving. Then, despite the late font of the snow, the flowering took place a little earlier, and the increase in the sugar content to the beginning of the fall was progressive, so that the harvest schedule has not been the same as usual. The season offered grapes of quality and good volume.

The "Mongaku Valley" assembly series, born from Yoichi's terroir, offers a dry and co-fermented wine. Based on a pleasant and expansive acidity, it is difficult with a slight sensation of tannins from black grapes, which gives it a body and a three-dimensional feel. One of its main features is its ease to be consumed. The complex and unified aroma, unique in the wine mixing wine, blends well with dishes that can highlight a complex flavor on several levels using a variety of ingredients such as Dashi, Herbs and Spices.

The dress of this wine is a pale golden yellow with a transparent reddish shade. The aroma is delicate with notes of apricot, mirabelle, yellow plum, citrus, honey, pears compote, lychee, nuts, herbs, wood and smoke. On the palate, it is delicate and complex with a pleasant bitterness due to black grape, a umami like the dashi (broth), spices, salinity and acidity. It is a dry, moderately full-bodied wine, with a persistent aftertaste. It is best to taste it at a slightly higher temperature with a larger wine glass.

This wine will suit:

- Seafood such as Scallops, Shrimps and Oysters
- White meats
- Goat cheeses
- multiple complex dishes composed of fascinating ingredients with the sweet taste of a sauce or a dashi
- Amer ingredients like vegetables (wild), fish, pork liver.
- For herbs and aromatic plants that highlight the potential of ingredients such as garlic.
- Plants that have umami like tomatoes or fungi.
- spicy olive oil, gem salt rich in minerals, fermented seasonings like soy sauce

Data sheet

Origin: Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan
Capacity: 750 ml
Ingredients: grapes
Volume of pure alcohol: 13%
Appearance: pale gold with a transparent reddish tint
Maturation: 2 years
3 years
Location: 1982-1 Noboricho, Yoichi-Cho, Yoichi District, Hokkaido
Grape variety: : 70％ Pinot Noir, 12% Chardonnay, 9% Pinot Gris, 4% Sauvignon Blanc, 5% Pinotage-Pinot Blanc-Gewurztraminer.
Grape origin: Yoichi, Hokkaido
Yeast type: Wild yeast
Fermentation process: Stainless steel cellar
Filtration method: Unfiltered, unfined
Vineyard: Mongaku Valley Winery
Altitude: 130-140 m
Direction of slope: gentle slope facing slightly north from the east
Latitude: 43 °
Annual sunshine (hours): 1508 hours
Climate: cold maritime
Average annual temperature: 8.3 ℃
Average annual precipitation: 1325 mm
Soil type: Volcanic clay soil
Trellising system: Vertical shoot positioning
Harvesting method: Manual
Harvest year: 2020

MONGAKU VALLEY

THE STORY

In 2011, Shigeki Kihara, owner of Mongaku Valley Winery, moved from Tokyo to Yoichi, Hokkaido, with his family, eager to practice recycling-oriented agriculture where man and nature coexist. They acquired an 11-hectare plot of land that originally belonged to a whisky company. It was a total wasteland, abandoned for 15 years

. It took a whole year to turn it into a decent growing area. Finally, in 2012, they began planting 1,500 grape seedlings. For three years, after their first harvest in 2015, he studied with Bruce Gutlove of “10R Winery”, a custom pressing winery, and learned about growing and winemaking, before opening Mongaku Vally Winery in 2018. Just as every wine has its own personality, every tree has its own.

In keeping with the Japanese tradition of naming places and people after trees and other natural objects, he named his wines after “trees”. The wine label is based on a drawing by his daughter, depicting the world of a Japanese storybook entitled “The Tree of Courage”.