Domaine Atsushi Suzuki Yoichi Blanc Kerner 2025 750ml

Domaine Atsushi Suzuki farms 5.6 hectares on a gentle east-facing slope in Yoichi, Hokkaido — 60 to 80 metres up, on weathered gravel, sand and clay over andesite bedrock. Atsushi Suzuki took the vineyard over from conventional growers and has moved it steadily toward organic farming: grass cover, no tillage, Bordeaux mixture as the main treatment, and the domaine's own wines made only from the parcels farmed without synthetic sprays. The cellar is a renovated early-Shōwa stone warehouse once used for apples; there is no pump and no destemmer, only a small basket press, barrels and resin tanks. Fermentation is with wild yeast, nothing is added but a minimal dose of sulfites at bottling, and the wines are never chaptalised or acidified. One of the quiet benchmarks of Yoichi's natural-wine generation, made in tiny quantities and hard to find even within Japan.

Yoichi Blanc is the domaine's Kerner white — the aromatic Germanic variety on which Yoichi first built its name. Picked for freshness and wild-fermented dry, the 2025 is light, brisk and low in alcohol: citrus, green herb and a saline, mineral finish that asks for Hokkaido seafood. The current release, drinking well now.

Vintage: 2025
Cuvée: Yoichi Blanc
Producer: Domaine Atsushi Suzuki
Region: Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan
Grape: Kerner
ABV: 11%
Volume: 750ml