ZoomMuscat Bailey A2023
Domaine TettaNiimi, Okayama, Japan
About this wine
Muscat Bailey A is the workhorse Japanese black grape, but at Domaine Tetta it receives the full estate treatment: 8 hectares of vines on a limestone karst plateau at 400 to 600 metres in Niimi (Okayama), gravity-flow cellar design, native-yeast fermentation, no added sugar or acid, ageing in former limestone mining tunnels held year-round at 12 to 15°C and 80% humidity. Owner Ryuta Takahashi started Tetta in 2016 with the explicit goal of regenerating abandoned farmland through wine. 12% alcohol, hand-picked, restrained extraction. The result is a precise, place-driven take on a grape better known for cheap supermarket bottlings: red-fruited, herbal, light-bodied, with the limestone signature pulling tension into the finish.
Winemaking
Native yeast fermentation in stainless steel with pigeage.