Kaoso Timeless Elegance 2022

Kaoso Timeless Elegance 2022The 2022 vintage was the hottest summer in Kaoso (Ueda City) in five years since 2018. After the summer's heavy rainfall, there was relatively little rain from August onward (935 mm year in the city) and a good amount of sunshine, especially in the second half of the year, which allowed the grapes to ripen in good condition at the end of the season. From 2022, the red wine was entrusted to Cave Hatano in Tomi City, the ripe Merlot and Cabernet has

Niki Hills Merlot encapsulates the terroir perfectly

This wine is uncharacteristically high in price

The wine was then transferred to old oak barrels for 7 months of aging before finally being assembled and bottled

the wine was gently pressed and racked to French oak barrels

Eight varieties of grapes grown in-house are pneumatic-pressed during the harvest season and fermented with natural yeast

811 bottles produced

Barrel aged

The wine is made separately

This wine carries Nagomi Vineyard's signature style of being extremely elegant and ethereal

4% Petit Verdot

fermented in stainless steel tanks and some plastic tanks

All of the Pinot Noir was de-stemmed using a simple hand-cranked machine