Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.2

Wild wine. Aromatics of Cote Rotie, body of west Sonoma pinot. — 2 months ago

Miyuki

9.2

Pale garnet. Dry. Pronounced intensity of violet, red cherry, strawberry, raspberry, red currant. Tomato leaf. Wet stone. White pepper. Clove, Cedar. Forest floor. Tabaco. Mushroom. Same as palate. High acidity, medium tannin, medium alcohol, medium body. Long finish. Very good. Can drink now but potential for future aging. 12.5%. — a year ago

Thomas

9.3

Camel Farm Winery, Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan
Chardonnay — 2 years ago

Ichiro Kawachi

9.6

Merry Christmas everyone — 4 years ago

Norman

9.5

WhiskeyFest SF 2022 - (reused glass so not doing tasting notes) really nice. Will never find in the wild but delicious. I would lean less peatier if had to make a choice. Yoichi is the peatier one. Nikka - Single Malt Yoichi Aromatic
—Yeast (VIP hour only)
Single Malt Miyagikyo Aromatic
—Yeast (VIP hour only)" — 4 years ago

hiro

9.1

モンガク　楢（ナラ）
ピノタージュ53％
ピノ・ノワール33%
シャルドネ13%
ピノ・グリ他1% — 4 years ago

Kevin Tam

8.9

Hirakawa Winery Pensees Terre de Yoichi 2019
Lovely Pinot Blanc. Cold mineral, citrus, green apple, fresh, crisp acidity. Pairs well with Shabu shabu meat Ponzu, nuts, grape fruit. Love the citrus acidity. Balanced Pinot Blanc. — 6 years ago

Naoki Kondo

9.2

bought in Yoichi, Hokkaido. 2022 vintage. Rich complex acid, sense of lemon, peach, and a hint of pepper or sansho spice. — 4 months ago

Gevrey Chambertin

9.0

とっても甘い遅摘みワイン — a year ago

HY

9.6

これは国産ワインで今の所一番好き — 2 years ago

Norman

9.0

Bit sharp on the palate compared to Hibiki. I do like how the apple brandy comes through. Warming — 3 years ago

Norman

9.5

WhiskeyFest SF 2022 - (reused glass so not doing tasting notes) one of two aromatic yeast options. One was peatier than the other. Both were light and delicious. I would lean less peatier if had to make a choice. Yoichi is the peatier one if I recall correctly. Nikka - Single Malt Yoichi Aromatic
—Yeast (VIP hour only)
Single Malt Miyagikyo Aromatic
—Yeast (VIP hour only) — 4 years ago

E & K G

9.1

First experience with Zweigelt. Clean streak of acid and red fruit with some earthy notes on the back end. Needs more time for the acid profile to soften and let the fruit shine through. — 6 years ago

Ichiro Kawachi

9.0

Blend of 2000s - a bit like a Xmas fruitcake - nuts, spices, raisins, rum butter — 6 years ago

Mark S.

9.0

Transparent Ruby red. Partially unfiltered. Natural flavor. Raspberry Clove. Earthy. Vanilla. Fruitiness M Sweetness M Acidity M++ Tannin M Bitterness M+ Body M Finish M 12% Elegant. Yoichi Nobori Takahiko Soga Rose Comme Rouge Pinot Noir 50% Zweigelt 50% 24 @80000, AD, 260126 — 5 months ago

Mark S.

8.9

Transparent ruby red with brick color even in 2023. Good aroma, strawberry, raspberry. Spices from oak. Balanced sweetness, acidity. Earthy. With tannins. Felt like the one from Mediterranean climate? It’s better to finish it within one day. Hokkaido Chuo Budoshu Co. Ltd Kimura Vineyard Pinot Noir, from Yoichi 23 @4580, TSta. H, 250325-250326 — a year ago

Mark Rosse

9.1

First Japanese Pinot Noir. Young vines. Might be their 3rd or 4th vintage. Good fruit. Good finish. — 3 years ago

hiro

9.1

綺麗な酸　ちょっとビオ — 4 years ago

Ian Hamel

8.9

2022/9. Quite pale, with a tart, crunchy character that teeters on the edge of too light, even for me - but it rounds out a touch with air and time, and went very well with food - pinot noir is always great with shoyu-based dishes, but this went especially well with masu teriyaki (though not with floppy sweet stereotype...) — 4 years ago

David Kline

9.4

Medium Dark amber unctiousness. So pleasant; apricot with peach weight decadence meets drizzled caramel and baked apple that brings pine forest fire sharply, hot and precise, before grilled yellow peppers and lava salt unfold to daffodil delicate and ethereal. Nose of golden tears. You drink in acanthus long before your sip; gum Arabic, hot orange honey and graphite. Mocha tobacco, bourbon barrel aged grappa, smoke of charred pit pig fat, roasted Tabasco pepper, and cinnamon oil and green olive grapple over cracked black pepper, anise seed, lavender oil, oregano oil and charred orange peel. Disturbs the mind in its swing from darkness to light, from life to death and finally rebirth. Volcanic and chaotic, but ripe for life and ultimately reverberating in possibility. #nikka #nikkawhisky #nikkapuremalt #taketsuruwhisky #thenikkawhiskydistillingco #whisky #japan #japanesewhisky #nippon #nipponwhisky #masetakataketsuru #yoichi #miyagikyo #whiskey — 6 years ago

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