ABV
15%
Body
medium-full
Sweetness
sweet
Price
value
Bokbunja Wine
복분자주
Traditional Ferments / Fruit
A drink with enough weight to stay present at the table.
Leaves more weight on the palate
Slower dinners, richer food, and evenings that want more focus
medium-full body gives the pairing its weight
sweet sweetness changes how salt, fat, and spice land
blackberry, raspberry, plum are the leading flavor cues to follow
INTERPRETATION
What this drink feels like in plain language
Bokbunja Wine is a medium-full sweet fruit wine with pronounced notes of blackberry, raspberry, plum, honey, and herb.
FIT
Who it fits
- • People who want more presence, depth, and a slower pace
CAUTION
Who may want to be careful
- • People who get tired quickly from heavier textures
SCENE
When it works especially well
- • Slower dinners, richer food, and evenings that want more focus
What to Eat with Bokbunja Wine?
Here are the food directions that fit Bokbunja Wine based on aroma and texture cues.
Current analysis layers: 0 volatile and 0 nonvolatile compounds.
PAIRING CUE
Korean table
PAIRING CUE
Hot pot
PAIRING CUE
Regional dishes
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EDITORIAL NOTE
Our take
The style leans generous and fruit-driven, with sweetness carrying dark berry character rather than masking it. It reads more plush and direct than table wine, which is part of its appeal.
ABV
15%
Body
medium-full
Sweetness
sweet
Price
$$value
Flavor Profile
Taxonomy
Fruit
Mead, palm wine, fruit wine, perry, cider, and related local ferments grouped as non-grain traditional family drinks.
Category Taste Grid
Traditional Ferments markers
Representative Compounds
Fruit
- esters - fruit-lift foundation across fermented fruit and sap drinks
- glucose_and_fructose - sweetness body from fruit or honey sugars
- lactic_acid - tartness in rustic ferments
- volatile_phenols - wild or rustic edge in spontaneous examples
Traditional Ferments
- lactic_acid - creamy tang in makgeolli and other rustic ferments
- succinic_acid - savory depth in grain wine families
- glucose_and_dextrins - sweetness and body in unfiltered traditional drinks
- higher_alcohols - rustic aromatic warmth in artisanal or less rectified products
- ethyl_lactate - yogurt-like softness in mixed fermentations
- sotolon - nutty oxidative note in aged grain wines and some herbal liquors
Legal and Protected Name Context
Fruit
Protected names
Country: multiple domestic markets
Authority: country-specific cider, mead, fruit-wine, or traditional-liquor standards
Law: legal treatment differs by substrate and country
Focus: product may fall under cider, wine, honey wine, or traditional drink regulations
Traditional Ferments
Protected names
Country: Korea
Authority: National Tax Service / Ministry of Agriculture
Law: Liquor Tax Act and traditional liquor promotion frameworks
Focus: traditional liquor designation, regional heritage products, rice and nuruk-linked categories
Country: China
Authority: GB standards
Law: baijiu and huangjiu national standards
Focus: aroma-type and production-class standardization
Country: Japan
Authority: National Tax Agency
Law: shochu and awamori category standards
Focus: honkaku shochu, korui shochu, awamori differentiation
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Choose this over plum wine if you want darker berry fruit and a fuller, softer texture.
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Chemical Profile
Volatile Compounds (0)
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Nonvolatile Compounds (0)
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Frequently Asked Questions
What food goes well with Bokbunja Wine?
Bokbunja Wine pairs well with foods that share aroma cues such as blackberry, raspberry, plum. The medium-full body and sweet sweetness help it land well with savory, richer dishes.
What does Bokbunja Wine taste like?
Bokbunja Wine is a Traditional Ferments in the Fruit family with 15% ABV. Expect a medium-full body, sweet sweetness, and flavor cues such as blackberry, raspberry, plum, honey, herb.
How much does Bokbunja Wine cost?
Bokbunja Wine usually sits in the value price range for Traditional Ferments. Actual shelf price varies by retailer and region.