NV Kitsukura Taruzake Barrel Aged Honjozo Bordeaux producing Portugal's first-ever Vinhas Velhas

producing Portugal's first-ever Vinhas Velhas wine and eventually leaving the DOC by choice to make wine on his own terms

But make no mistake

Christian farms his limestone vineyards by horse and invented his own vine-spacing system to keep grapes shaded from increasingly intense sun

that smells like red cherries

NV Kitsukura Taruzake Barrel Aged Honjozo Bordeaux producing Portugal's first-ever Vinhas VelhasThis is a TARU style sake, a process of maturing in small, hand made cedar barrels for 3 6 months. The resulting character is filled with woody spice with a complementing very soft texture from the water of the Yatsugatake mountains.