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.
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.
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On the nose the red wine of Chateau Katsunuma. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
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.
How Chateau Katsunuma wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or spicy food such as recipes of shrimp and chorizo risotto, monkfish, prawn and apple skewers or curried coral lentils.
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 .
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.
How Chateau Katsunuma wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
On the nose the sparkling wine of Chateau Katsunuma. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.
When the grapes reach maturity, the skin becomes permeable and progressively loses water, which causes a concentration phenomenon inside the berry. This is called over-ripening or passerillage.
How Chateau Katsunuma wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.
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.
