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【Fattoria AL FIORE Apassimento 2020】

A natural Apassimento wine born from experimentation

The wine's name, Apassimento, means "dried in the shade."
As the name suggests, it is an experimental wine made by fermenting and brewing grapes that have been dried in the shade and concentrated.

Muscat Bailey A and Neo Muscat were harvested in late September.
The Muscat Bailey A was dried whole-cluster for two months on the railing of the winery's second floor, which was originally a gymnasium, while the Neo Muscat was dried whole-cluster on rice straw provided by Mr. Yuki Sato, a rice creator in Kakuda City.

Initially, the plan was to ferment them separately, but due to the significantly reduced quantity, they were co-fermented as they are both parented by Muscat Hamburg.
All spoiled grapes that appeared during the shade drying process were sorted out, and after one month of maceration and fermentation in the tank, the juice was pressed using a basket press.
After coarse lees were settled, the wine was aged in barrels for one year before bottling. It was then released after an additional year of bottle aging.

While it can certainly be enjoyed now with a sufficiently deep flavor, honestly, letting it age longer will likely bring out even more depth of flavor.

Fattoria AL FIORE produces wine by renovating a former gymnasium in Miyagi Prefecture.
Aiming to "continue to be a wine that expresses the grapes as they are," they focus on the intrinsic quality rather than a superficial strong impact, creating natural wines without added sugar, acid, or sulfites, and without filtration, in a way that purely conveys the essence as you savor it.

◆Specs
Category: Red wine/Full-bodied
Grape varieties: Muscat Bailey A, Neo Muscat
Size: 750ml
Producer: Fattoria AL FIORE
Production area: Shibata District, Miyagi Prefecture