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JAL International Flights First Class
The Ritz-Carlton Japan
Coco Farm＆Winery
Coco Rose
2022 こころぜ／ココ・ファーム・ワイナリー
"This wine is a beautiful rose color, fresh and complex, with a harmony of fruit and subtle earthy aromas.
Its charming and well-balanced nature makes it a versatile match for a wide range of dishes, including Japanese, Chinese, and ethnic cuisines. It's also perfect as an apéritif."
Tasting note
Category
Wine
Type
Rose
Producer
Coco Farm＆Winery
Production area
Japan Tochigi Prefecture
Variety
Merlot33%, Chardonnay17%, Muscat Bailey A11%, Petit Manseng 11%,Koshu8%,Little Prince6%, Cabernet Sauvignon6%, Kerner5%, Other3%
Fermentation
Stainless tank＆Oak
Capacity
750 mL
ABV
10.5%
Recommended Pairings
Watercress salad, strawberry and burrata caprese, palm salmon and komatsuna potage, sweet and spicy simmered spear squid, chive pancake, deep-fried chikuwa, stir-fried liver and chives, Hakata-style motsunabe (offal hot pot), keema curry
Tasting from winery
The color is a delicate salmon pink. The aroma evokes acerola cherries, strawberries, plums, cotton candy, forest floor, and Japanese paper. On the palate, it is off-dry with a pleasantly light acidity and gentle, well-integrated tannins that slowly spread along with the richness.
The destemmed grapes are gently pressed and transferred to tanks. The fruity and flavorful juice, carefully squeezed over time, is kept below 22°C and fermented with wild yeast for about one and a half months. Fermentation is halted by cooling the tank at the right balance of sweetness and acidity. Everything is co-fermented.
Coco Farm Winery's rosé has been featured on international business class flights and selected as one of six out of ninety-nine wines in wine magazines. The 2022 vintage continues to be a charming wine, fresh, complex, and bursting with fruit flavors.
About the producer
The Charm of Meticulous Grape Cultivation and Wild Yeast Fermentation
In the 1950s, a vineyard opened on a mountain by junior high school students who struggled with arithmetic and literacy and their teacher has never been exposed to herbicides since its cultivation.
Coco Farm & Winery, born at the foot of this mountain in 1980, started winemaking in 1984. Currently, the vineyard does not use any chemical fertilizers or herbicides, and the brewery focuses on natural fermentation with wild yeast to brew wine from 100% Japanese grapes.
From sparkling wines with secondary fermentation in the bottle to dessert wines, they are joyfully making wine while listening to the 'voices' of the grapes saying, 'This is what we want to become.
Also, the stratum of finely shattered Jurassic rocks, like mille-feuille, creates moderate stress for the grapes in the rainy climate, which leads to the production of good quality grapes.
About the Production Area
Japan Tochigi Prefecture
A land where you can enjoy a variety of flavors, aromas, and colors
Coming soonTochigi Prefecture is landlocked, with hot summers and cold winters, resulting in significant temperature differences both diurnally and annually.
These variations are beneficial in balancing the sugar and acid levels in grapes. Additionally, the soil in Tochigi is predominantly volcanic, which provides good drainage.
There are also regions rich in minerals, making these soil conditions well-suited for grape cultivation.
Grape varieties originating from America such as 'Niagara' for white wine and 'Concord' for red wine are commonly grown, but in recent years, international and unique Japanese grape varieties have also begun to be cultivated.
