Aug. 22
I weeded my garden in the morning.
I did a good job but was very tired.
By the way, Regarding the Cabernet vine in my garden, the first clusters were coloring.
Also, it has a few new flowers.
I don’t know such flowering ever.
Does it cause the abnormal weather?
I had a casual foods dinner, called “Izakaya Menu”.
Edamme
Ha-Syoga
Sashimi
Tuna Grill
Tebasaki
Yakitori
Very good!
1st Bellwood Vineyard Collection Classique Koshu 2020 2300 yen
Bellwood is a new-small winery in Kaminoyama Yamagata owned and operated by Mr. Suzuki, who was the chief winemaker of Asahimachi Wine.
It is made from 100% Koshu grown in Yamagata.
Even though the label says “non-filtered”, the color is clear and unclouded.
I felt very pure fruits, fine citrus and nice minerals.
Because Yamagata is the northern limit area of Koshu, it has sharper acidity than other Koshu wines.
It is a very pure Koshu.
I am happy to find good Koshu outside Yamanashi.
2nd Bellwood Vineyard Collection Classique Muscat Bailey-A Rouge 2020 2300 yen
A long name wine!
It is made from 100% Muscat Bailey-A grown in Kaminoyama Yamagata.
It has a typical character of Muscat Bailey-A.
I felt a lot of red fruits taste.
I found huge Mucat Bailey-A grapes.
Grape! Grape! Grape!
This red wine made me feel like I was in a grape kingdom.
The taste is very nice.
Takeda winery, which is located near Bellwood Vineyard, produces fine Muscat Bailey-A without labrusca flavor.
Bellwood Vineyard produces Muscat Bailey-A with good labrusca character.
I suppose Suzuki-san says, “Hey! Everybody! I’m Labrusca!”.
I should give my attention to Bellwood Vineyard.
