Discover the best wines of Yamagata-Ken as well as the best winemakers of Yamagata-Ken and estates of Yamagata-Ken to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Yamagata-Ken and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Looking for a good wine of Yamagata-Ken among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Yamagata-Ken. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Yamagata-Ken with technical and enological descriptions.
Want to buy a red wine of Yamagata-Ken cheap or sell a red wine of Yamagata-Ken at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.
Red wines from the region of Yamagata-Ken go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or veal such as recipes of romazava (madagascar), roast deer my grandmother's way or gizzards in sauce.
Prefecture of Tōhoku (Honshū, Japan) with 14 wineries along the Mogami river, sheltered by the Asahi and Ōu mountains, clay-gravel soils. Chardonnay and Merlot as international signatures: taut Chardonnay (citrus, apple, flowers, minerality) and supple Merlot (plum, black cherry, spices, fine tannins). Native Kōshū lively and delicate (citrus, flowers, cooked rice) and Riesling Lyon as whites. Tsuruoka Kōshū 2021 served at the Hiroshima G7.
Wines of Japanese precision.
Want to buy a white wine of Yamagata-Ken cheap or sell a white wine of Yamagata-Ken at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.
White wines from the region of Yamagata-Ken go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of pumpkin and bacon pie, cream and tuna quiche or ham and comté quiche.
Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.
