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Coco Farm & Wineryココ・ファーム・ワイナリー
Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan
About this wine
Coco Farm & Winery sits on Jurassic-bedrock hillsides in Ashikaga, Tochigi, with average vineyard slopes of 38 degrees (up to 45) that force every operation by hand. The estate began in 1958 as a vineyard tended by students of the Kokoromi Gakuen welfare facility under teacher Noboru Kawada; the winery licence came in 1984 and the social mission still runs through every step of farm and cellar. Coco Rose is the house non-vintage rosé, a pale, savoury blend pulling from across the estate's planting (Merlot, Kerner, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Muscat Bailey A, Petit Manseng and Shokoshi). All grapes are 100% Japan-grown; no herbicides or chemical fertilizers in the vineyards; native yeast in the cellar. The result is a versatile Japanese rosé with quiet acidity, a touch of grip, and a register more Mediterranean than blush. 11.9% alcohol.
Winemaking
100% Japan-grown grapes from estate plots and contract growers; no herbicides or chemical fertilizers in the vineyards. Wild-yeast fermentation throughout. All vineyard work done by hand on slopes averaging 38 degrees, up to 45.