Gongjuae Mulberry Wine

Description

Gongjuae Mulberry Wine is a 15% ABV fruit wine from Sagok Brewing in Chungcheongnam-do, crafted from domestically grown mulberries (odi) with purified water, distilled spirit, fructose, and yeast. The mulberry gives this wine a deep, inky purple-red hue and a flavor profile that sits somewhere between a berry wine and a fortified dessert wine. The nose opens with ripe mulberry jam, blackberry compote, and a warm, slightly syrupy sweetness that signals its generous 15% strength. On the palate, the body is medium-full — noticeably heavier than most Korean fruit wines — with a coating, viscous texture that carries the dark-fruit flavors across a broad palate span. The mulberry's natural sweetness combines with added fructose to create a lush, candied quality, but the alcohol warmth and faint tannins from the fruit provide enough backbone to keep it from becoming shapeless. The finish is long and warming, with lingering berry concentration and a drying edge. At 375ml, it works beautifully as a shared dessert wine. Serve at 10-14°C with aged cheese or blue cheese where the concentrated sweetness balances salt, alongside nut-based desserts or dark chocolate truffles where the mulberry depth creates harmonious richness, or on its own as a contemplative nightcap.

Ingredients

국내산 오디, Purified Water, Distilled Alcohol, Fructose, Yeast

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