2021 Domaine Mie Ikeno Chardonnay, Yatsugatake, Japan Francois Rousset-Martin Native Fermentation

Native Fermentation

- Vinification: 8 days destemmed maceration

where they were destemmed and left to rest on their skins overnight

and with no s02 added

The wine is wild‑fermented parcel by parcel—including a touch of barrel fermentation in older French oak—with no new oak used

2021 Domaine Mie Ikeno Chardonnay, Yatsugatake, Japan Francois Rousset-Martin Native FermentationConsidered one of the greatest winemakers in Japan, Mie Ikeno grows Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Merlot in the highest elevations of Japans wine country of Yamanashi which she crafts into expressive wines of insistence and power. For the first thirty odd years of her life Ikeno san was a journalist and one of the most respected interviewers in Japanese magazines. After talking to countless creative people in depth about their passions she began to