東北 — EST. 2019

Yellow Magic Winery

PHILOSOPHY

Creating Japanese wine that resonates with Asian and Japanese sensibilities — wines that make you glad to have been born in this land. Wine with a deeply satisfying umami that comes from carefully sourced, contract-grown grapes.

「アジア、そして日本人の感性に響く、この地に生まれてよかったと感じられる日本ワイン」を目指す。契約栽培葡萄から生まれる、身体にしみるうま味を感じるワイン造り。

WINERY INFO

創業年 / Founded

2019

産地 / Region

東北

圃場面積 / Vineyard

3.8ha

標高 / Elevation

280–380m

土壌 / Soil

山辺特有の火山灰質の黒ボク土が主体です。ミネラル豊富で水はけが良く、冷涼な気候とあいまって、高い酸度と繊細な香りを備えたワインを生み出しています。

認証 / CERTIFICATIONS

JAS有機認証

LINKS

Website Instagram

VITICULTURE

Farming

Akayu, Nanyō, Yamagata. Trellised Bailey A and vinifera varieties alongside pergola-trained table grapes such as Delaware. From the 2021 vintage, all fruit is 100% Yamagata-grown.

Varieties

甲州シャルドネピノ・ノワール

WINEMAKING

Philosophy

All wines use natural fermentation with wild yeast, keeping temperature control minimal. Malolactic fermentation also proceeds naturally in barrel, holding to an approach that avoids artificial intervention.

SO₂

Minimal

Yeast

Wild yeast

Filtration

Unfiltered

Vessels

木樽（フランス製）卵型セメントタンクステンレスタンク

WINEMAKER

岩谷澄人

Birthplace — 青森県

BACKGROUND

Joined an apparel maker, then worked 28 years in grape growing and winemaking from 1990. In 2018 he founded Global Agrinet in Akayu, Nanyō, Yamagata, obtaining a winemaking license in September 2019 and opening Yellow Magic Winery.

PREVIOUS CAREER

Apparel maker (1987–1990).

TRAINING

Winemaking at Hitomi Winery (Shiga) and Shimanouchi Fujimaru Brewery (Osaka).

WINES BY YELLOW MAGIC WINERY

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