2021 Domaine Mie Ikeno Pinot Noir, Yatsugatake, Japan Julien Crinquand on the villages of Saint-Aubin

on the villages of Saint-Aubin

Aosta Valley

north-south orientation

then placed in very old Chilean amphora to ferment without temperature control

after which the free-run juice is drained (not pressed)

2021 Domaine Mie Ikeno Pinot Noir, Yatsugatake, Japan Julien Crinquand on the villages of Saint-AubinConsidered 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