Samyangchoon Yakju
삼양춘
Category: Yakju
Summary
This is the closest rice wine comes to grape wine. Samyangchoon carries the notes of dry Riesling while still giving the honest earthiness of rice. It starts out a little sweet but some puckering tartness keeps it from being treacly. The clean finish makes it pair well with foods. Best drunk chilled in a stemmed wine glass.
It is brewed and fermented the traditional way, in clay pots. It is also traditionally distilled, not using vaccuum distilling, which doesn’t sterilize its character.
*WINNER*
Best of 2018
2018 Korea Liquor Awards
- Acidity 65%
- Sweetness 50%
- Body 70%
- Earthiness 50%
- Bitterness 20%
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ABV
Tasting Notes | |
| Style: | Wine-like |
| Aroma: | honey, heather, apricot |
| Flavor: | Rieslingesque, stone fruit, kiwi |
| Smoothness: | Smooth as white wine |
| Enjoy: | Chileld in a stemmed wine glass |
| Cocktails: | Yakju Spritzer, Korean Kir, Sooler Cooler |
| Bottom Line: | A rice wine that drinks like a grape white wine |
The Producer |
Samyangchoon
LocationSongdo, Incheon Website: samyangchoon.com |
