Domaine Uchida is located in the town of Cussac, in the Haut-Médoc of Bordeaux is owned and managed by Osamu Uchida (of Hiroshima, Japan).

As a teenager, he was headed for a career as a professional athlete, but, when he moved to Tokyo, he caught the wine bug...

In 1999, he moved to Bordeaux to work in wine and for the next several years studied *everywhere* throughout the region. With substantial work chiefly at Domaine de Chevalier and Château Larrivet Haut-Brion, in 2006, he returned to work in Japan as a wine importer, with a lingering goal of returning to Bordeaux to make wine of his own. 4 years later, he returned to the Bordeaux region and, initially, lead tourists as a guide before buying his first acres of vines.

Today, Osamu Uchida owns 2 hectares that he farms organically and biodynamically. He makes very little wine. Very rare, light touch, special...treat yourself.

Merlot 60% Cabernet Sauvignon 40% - Destemmed maceration for 2 weeks, 4 months in stainless steel, no SO2 added

Uchida's home located in Pauillac is about 100 yards from Mouton-Rothschild. When you enter; there is a Japanese heritage present. The crest of his family is at the entrance, there is a beautiful mini orchard with a diversity of plants, trees, flowers, horsetail, tomatoes and fresh herbs. There is a wooden tank to collect rain water to prepare biodynamic tisane or dynamization. Two chickens called Grasse and Grise (Big & Grey) run about. Inside one of his huts, two barrels of homemade soy sauce is fermenting.

Inside the garage is a petite cellar. When the grapes arrive they are all de-stemmed by hand and delicately brought to a large wooden tank where the berries will macerate for 2 weeks at cool temperature. They are pressed and part of the juice will ferment and age for one year in terracotta and 500L used oak barrels. There is no filtration or fining. Finally, the vinification is carried out with wild yeasts and the wine is sulfured at a minimum level before bottling. The wines of Osamu are all about finesse, elegance and drinkability.

Bordeaux is changing and the quality is rising. Among a few adventurous winemakers, Osamu Uchida's approach and unique wine makes Osamu one of the new, exciting faces of the region.

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