The Chateau Katsunuma of Yamanashi-ken

Chateau Katsunuma - Adiron Rouge
The winery offers 54 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.2.
It is ranked in the top 137 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Chateau Katsunuma is one of the best wineries to follow in Yamanashi-ken.. It offers 54 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Chateau Katsunuma wines

Looking for the best Chateau Katsunuma wines in Yamanashi-ken among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Chateau Katsunuma wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Chateau Katsunuma wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Chateau Katsunuma

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Chateau Katsunuma

How Chateau Katsunuma wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Chateau Katsunuma

On the nose the red wine of Chateau Katsunuma. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Chateau Katsunuma

  • 2018With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2004With an average score of 3.31/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 2.83/5
  • 2015With an average score of 2.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Chateau Katsunuma.

  • Black Queen
  • Muscat Bailey A

Discovering the wine region of Yamanashi-ken

Yamanashi is the first Japanese Geographical Indication (GI) for wine. Established in 2013, it is situated in the prefecture of the same name. Yamanashi is promoted as the birthplace of Japanese wine production. The most prominent Grape varieties grown here are the indigenous vitis vinefera white grape variety Koshu, and the Japanese-bred pale red Hybrid Muscat Bailey A.

The latter makes Soft, Fruity reds, while Koshu Dry white wines tend to be Aromatic dry, crisp and citrussy. Koshu is thought to have been cultivated in the Yamanashi Prefecture for a thousand years or more. Genetic studies of the grape tend to support this. Of the 40 other permitted varieties, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay are most prominent.

As of 2018 there are around 80 wineries. Nearly half of these are located arround Koshu City. The 670 hectares (1,655 acres) of vineyards in Yamanashi produce around 40 percent of Japan's entire grape wine output. The wine industry in its modern form dates back to the 1870s in Yamanashi.

The top white wines of Chateau Katsunuma

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Chateau Katsunuma

How Chateau Katsunuma wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or spicy food such as recipes of norman mussels with cider, sole fillets with shrimp and curry or chicken in sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Chateau Katsunuma

On the nose the white wine of Chateau Katsunuma. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Chateau Katsunuma. is a .

The best vintages in the white wines of Chateau Katsunuma

  • 2015With an average score of 3.41/5
  • 1938With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.23/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Chateau Katsunuma.

  • Koshu
  • Delaware
  • Muscat Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Fogoneu

This grape variety is native to the Balearic Islands (Spain), more precisely to the island of Mayorque, and has been cultivated for a very long time. It is believed to be the result of a natural cross between the escursac or excursach and the mansés (or mancès) de capdell. DNA analyses show that the Fogoneu Mallorqui is not related to any other variety and that the Fogoneu is a direct descendant of the Callet. It can be found in Argentina, Spain and Italy, but is little known in France, although it should be interesting for the production of original rosé wines that are always very pleasant to drink.

The top sparkling wines of Chateau Katsunuma

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Chateau Katsunuma

How Chateau Katsunuma wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Chateau Katsunuma

On the nose the sparkling wine of Chateau Katsunuma. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Chateau Katsunuma

  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Chateau Katsunuma.

  • Koshu

The word of the wine: Table wine

A category of wine with no geographical indication on the label, often resulting from blends between wines from different vineyards in France or the EU. These wines are now called "wines without geographical indication" (and "French wines" if they come from the national territory).

The top pink wines of Chateau Katsunuma

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Chateau Katsunuma

How Chateau Katsunuma wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Chateau Katsunuma

  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5

Discover the grape variety: Koshu

One of the oldest varieties cultivated in Japan, generally in arbors/pergolas, most often used as a table grape and recently vinified and associated with other varieties. It is a Vitis vinifera also known in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the United States... practically unknown in France.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Chateau Katsunuma

Planning a wine route in the of Yamanashi-ken? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Chateau Katsunuma.

Discover the grape variety: Delrho

Intraspecific crossing obtained in 1959 between Alphonse Lavallée and Csaba pearl. Delrho has been registered in the Official Catalogue of Table Grape Varieties, list A1, since 1986, but today it is practically not multiplied.

News about Chateau Katsunuma and wines from the region

Família Torres establishes new base in Galicia

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Proposal to grant Rioja Alavesa wineries greater autonomy withdrawn

Last week, Basque National Party (PNV) spokesperson Aitor Esteban announced the withdrawal of a bill that, if passed, would have granted Basque winemakers of the Rioja Alavesa region greater autonomy. A proposal to establish a breakout Viñedos de Álava DO for Rioja’s Basque enclave was originally launched in 2016 by the Association of Rioja Alavesa Producers (ABRA), which represents over 100 local wineries. While a number of Basque producers continue to battle for the creation of an entirely sep ...

Port Ellen and Brora casks to be auctioned by Sotheby’s

Part of the auction house’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, the sale runs until next Tuesday, 14 June, and also includes one-off collaborations with artist Ini Archibong and photographer Trey Ratcliff. The two refill American oak hogshead casks, supplied from Diageo’s Casks of Distinction VIP private cask purchase programme, both have pre-sale estimates of £700,000-1.2m. The Port Ellen cask was filled on 15 February 1979, has a current strength of 52.9% abv and is estimated to hold 102 bottles. T ...

The word of the wine: Table wine

A category of wine with no geographical indication on the label, often resulting from blends between wines from different vineyards in France or the EU. These wines are now called "wines without geographical indication" (and "French wines" if they come from the national territory).