CHOYA Umeshu Sake with Fruit 750ml MARSANNE While Michel Coutoux and his

While Michel Coutoux and his daughter Marlène bemoan the impact of climatic extremes on their vineyards—much of the replantings of the 1980s and 1990s

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A little clove and milled coffee bean waft over a woodsy smell of stripped bark

The entire vineyard is around 8 hectares but only the oldest 1 hectare parcel of vines is selected for the single contrada bottling

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CHOYA Umeshu Sake with Fruit 750ml MARSANNE While Michel Coutoux and hisA uniquely sweet and gently tart taste of ume fruit with notes of almond from the pit. With its four distinct seasons, Japan's climate is ideally suited to the cultivation of ume, and as such the fruit has been a vital part of daily life for the Japanese since ancient times, used and enjoyed in a myriad of ways. Umeshu, made by steeping ume fruit in spirit, is one of these ways. Umeshu has been made and enjoyed by many families over the centuries, as