2021 Domaine Mie Ikeno Chardonnay, Yatsugatake, Japan Francois Rousset-Martin where they were destemmed and

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

The idea of this cuvée is to erase the influence of vintage and focus solely on terroir

Fermented spontaneously in fiberglass containers and aged in 9 dames-jeannes in Fabrice’s Saint Emilion grotto

Trebbiano + small percentage of co-planted Malvasia

2021 Domaine Mie Ikeno Chardonnay, Yatsugatake, Japan Francois Rousset-Martin where they were destemmed andConsidered 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