At the same location (though probably presented by a different trading company) to the Kyoho wine was this Lumiere Histoire 2008, looking for all the world like a Japanese attempt at a Bordeaux style wine. The cepage though was a bit different though, with Cabernet Franc (used in Bordeaux) and the special Japanese secret ingredient Black Queen. Now Black Queen is a special Japanese interspecific hybrid, resulting from crossing Bailey with Golden Queen. Both parents are interspecific hybrids with vinifera and labrusca pegrees, but Bailey is also descended from a third species, V lincecumii Buckley, a variety of V aestivalis, which is native to eastern North America. Vitis aestivali is the official grape of Missouri.
As for the wine, it was ruby with a sweet plummy acid nose spiced with a hint of wood. The palate was sweet acid and slightly fruity, with a sweet acid backbone.
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