2023 Yamazaki Winery - Pinot Noir Blue LabelColour : Red Producer : Yamazaki Winery Label Name : Pinot Noir Blue Label Country : Japan Region : Hokkaido Variety : Pinot Noir Vintage : 2023 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Tasting Note : Yamazaki Winery is one of Hokkaidos pioneering wine estates, founded in 1974 in the Tokachi region of Japans northernmost main island and now producing wines from a combination of estate grown and contracted vineyards on the volcanic and alluvial soils of the

producing Barbaresco of a style that departed significantly from the traditional Langhe school: earlier destemming

complex finish of compelling mineral depth

complemented by notes of cedar

Wine Spectator 05 points Tasting Notes : "This is a really dense red with intensity and beauty

the wine has minerality

The 2019 growing season in Tuscany produced wines of excellent natural balance and aromatic freshness that Monica Larner of Wine Advocate describes as preferable to the more challenging 2018

Its fruit-forward profile and supple tannins also make it an accessible choice for those exploring southern Italian wines

cedar and wild sage

Pale gold with a focused and mineral nose of lemon cream

and its quality has attracted extraordinary critical recognition: the 2020 vintage received 99 points from James Suckling

described by William Kelley as another brilliant wine from Adrien Dhondt

assembled from the finest barrels of the finest vintage-specific selections within the Willamette Valley portfolio