2024 Chardonnay Pétillant

Producer: Tada Winery (Tada Farm)
Region : Kamifurano, Hokkaido, Japan
Grapes: Chardonnay 100%
Type: White, lightly sparkling (pétillant)
Style: Elegant, dry, classically styled
Color: Pale gold
Alcohol:12%
Wild yeast: Yes
Any added sulphites: Minimal, added only at bottling
Filtered: No (unfined, unfiltered)
Serving temperature: 6-8°C
Please store in a cool, dark place.

Tasting notes

A rich, ripe, and neutral-styled pétillant with real weight on the palate — the ripe fruit character of fully mature Chardonnay comes through in a clean, precise, classically elegant sparkling style.

Food pairing

Aperitif, shellfish, and simple grilled or steamed white fish.

Winemaking

Tada Farm has grown wine grapes in Kamifurano, in the middle of Hokkaido’s Furano Basin, since third-generation farmer Shigeo Tada founded Tada Winery in 2016 (the family has farmed the land since 1901). Grapes are grown without herbicides or chemical fertilizers, hand-harvested berry by berry, and fermented with wild yeast — a method learned from Bruce Gutlove of 10R Winery in Iwamizawa, Tada’s mentor from the winery’s custom-crush years. Only a small amount of sulphites is added at bottling, and the wine is unfiltered.

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