About Netsu Pinot Noir Rouge
- Style
- Red
- Grape Varieties
- Pinot Noir
- Price Range
- ¥4,400
- 2024 vintage, estate webshop, now sold out
- Alcohol
- 12%
Netsu Pinot Noir Rouge is a single-vineyard red wine from Bonjour Farm Brewery, a tiny family domaine in Tomi City, Nagano founded by former physician Yasushi Minowa. It is made entirely from Pinot Noir grown on the estate's plot in the Netsu district, the site (roughly 800m elevation, surrounded by forest and close to a cold mountain stream) where the producer completed its own small winery in 2021. Since the 2021 vintage, Bonjour Farm has vinified its Kurakake- and Netsu-grown Pinot Noir separately as distinct single-vineyard bottlings so that each site's character can be tasted on its own, in contrast to the Kurakake plot's blanc-de-noirs-style white bottling. Fermented with traditional maceration on the skins for color and structure and produced and estate-bottled at the winery's own facility, the wine is then aged in French oak barrels (8 months for the 2024 vintage) before release. It is a dry, medium-bodied Japanese red wine bottled at 750mL and roughly 12% ABV. The 2024 vintage was sold in limited quantity through the producer's own webshop at 4,400 yen and has since sold out; Bonjour Farm continues to release a new Netsu Pinot Noir Rouge vintage most years (a 2025 vintage was slated for release around November 2025) from this roughly 2-hectare, Burgundy/Champagne-varietal-only estate.
A quietly confident expression of Netsu's cool, forest-edged terroir — supple and food-friendly rather than showy, and a fine point of comparison against the domaine's blanc-de-noirs-style Kurakake Pinot Noir.
New to wine?
A gentle, food-friendly introduction to Japanese red Pinot Noir — supple tannins and bright red fruit without heaviness.
Food Pairings
The wine's supple tannins and bright acidity make it a natural match for roasted duck, grilled salmon, and mushroom dishes. It also pairs well with Japanese cuisine built on savory, umami-rich sauces — think soy-simmered vegetables, yakitori with tare glaze, or grilled unagi.
When to drink it
Weeknight dinners with roasted or grilled dishes, and casual gatherings with wine-curious friends.
Terroir & Winemaking
100% Pinot Noir hand-harvested from the estate's single Netsu-district plot (roughly 800m elevation). Vinified with traditional cap-management maceration on the skins, then produced and estate-bottled at Bonjour Farm's own winery (completed 2021). Aged in French oak barrels (8 months for the 2024 vintage). Dry, medium-bodied; bottled at 750mL, approximately 12% ABV. Since the 2021 vintage, Kurakake- and Netsu-grown Pinot Noir have been vinified as separate single-vineyard cuvees.
About the producer
Bonjour Farm BreweryA doctor-turned-vigneron's tiny Nagano domaine, planted to Burgundy varieties only.東御市, 長野県 · Founded 2021Visit the producer page →Frequently Asked Questions
- What does Netsu Pinot Noir Rouge taste like?
- It is a dry, medium-bodied red with supple tannins, bright red fruit, and a subtly earthy character shaped by 8 months in French oak barrels.
- What food pairs well with it?
- Roasted duck, grilled salmon and mushroom dishes are classic matches, and it also works well with soy-simmered Japanese dishes, tare-glazed yakitori, or grilled eel.
- How is it different from the Kurakake Pinot Noir bottlings?
- Since the 2021 vintage, Bonjour Farm has vinified Pinot Noir from its Kurakake and Netsu plots separately: Kurakake is made into a blanc-de-noirs-style white wine, while the Netsu fruit becomes this single-vineyard red, so the two showcase the same variety through very different sites and winemaking approaches.
- Is this wine currently available?
- The 2024 vintage, sold for 4,400 yen through the producer's own webshop, has sold out; Bonjour Farm releases a new vintage of Netsu Pinot Noir Rouge in most years from its small Netsu-district plot.
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