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Fattoria AL FIOREファットリア アル フィオーレ
Kawasaki Town, Miyagi, Japan
About this wine
Hirotaka and Reina Meguro started Fattoria AL FIORE in 2015 in Kawasaki Town, Miyagi, after Hirotaka closed the Italian restaurant of the same name he had run in Sendai for a decade. The winery occupies a converted school gymnasium at the foot of the Zao mountains. The 2.3-hectare vineyard sits on volcanic-ash soils with grass-cover cultivation; pomace compost matured for three years feeds the soil. OFB is a kitchen-sink red blend (41% Muscat Bailey A, 35% Merlot, 23% Chardonnay, 1% Koshu) co-fermented as a single tank, more in the spirit of Fattoria's experimental house style than a textbook bottling. Wild-yeast fermentation, no added sulphites, élevage across stainless steel, neutral barrel and amphora as required. 11% alcohol; light, savoury, gulpable.
Winemaking
Field blend co-fermented with native yeasts, grapes layered in tank by harvest gentle extraction, no fining or filtration