The Chateau Katsunuma of Yamanashi-ken

Chateau Katsunuma
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 quenelles in nantua sauce, brazilian moqueca or keftas tajine with eggs.

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: Muscat Bailey A

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: Mercaptan

Organic compound resulting from the combination of alcohol and sulphide (H2S) producing an unpleasant odour reminiscent of town gas and rotten eggs.

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: White muscat

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.

News about Chateau Katsunuma and wines from the region

What style should one expect from a good Chablis by Debra MEIBURG

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In 80-second clip, Debra MEIBURG answers the question of an Internet user : what style should one expect from a good Chablis ? #Chablis #PureChablis ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Milly-Lamartine

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Milly-Lamartine, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bour ...

An overview of Morey Saint Denis appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Morey-Saint-Denis, typical of the côte de Nuits region. Situated at the center of this region, the vineyard neighbours the appellation Gevrey-Chambertin to the north and Chambolle-Musigny to the south. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb ...

The word of the wine: Mercaptan

Organic compound resulting from the combination of alcohol and sulphide (H2S) producing an unpleasant odour reminiscent of town gas and rotten eggs.