Ojisan 2022 Rouge

New Project by Alex Craighead of Kindeli. “Ojisan” is an informal, affectionate Japanese term for an uncle or middle-age man. Its a playful back-handed complement Alex and his Japanese winemaking colleagues (Kazuomi Fujimaki of Grape Republic) toss around as a way to praise each others skills in the cellar while teasing each other about their impending middle-agedness. The wines are a departure from the Kiwi norm of single varietal and highlight blending as a means of enhancing a wines complexity.

Origin: Upper Moutere, New Zealand
ABV: 12%
USNW Classification: Natural
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Vintage: 2022