The Château Sakaori of Yamanashi-ken | Winedexer

Château Sakaori
The winery offers 33 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 58 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Château Sakaori is one of the world's great estates. It offers 33 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Sakaori wines

Looking for the best Château Sakaori wines in Yamanashi-ken among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Sakaori 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 Château Sakaori wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Château Sakaori

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Sakaori

How Château Sakaori wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or pork such as recipes of violet omelette, skewers of marinated white fish or andouillette and baked potato gratin.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Sakaori

On the nose the white wine of Château Sakaori. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Château Sakaori. is a .

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Sakaori

  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.48/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.47/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.44/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.43/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.42/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Sakaori.

  • Koshu
  • Delaware
  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Yamanashi-ken

Japanese winemaking heart at the foot of Mount Fuji, signature in Koshu. Identity-driven native white (~90% of Japanese plantings): delicate, precise dry whites with notes of citrus (yuzu, lime), green apple, white flowers and a slightly saline finish, low alcohol and great freshness. Ideal with sushi and Japanese cuisine. Also Chardonnay and Merlot in the altitude zones of Akeno.

Vineyards at 400-700 m on volcanic ash, climate with marked thermal swings.

The top red wines of Château Sakaori

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Sakaori

How Château Sakaori wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Sakaori

On the nose the red wine of Château Sakaori. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, microbio.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Sakaori

  • 2015With an average score of 3.44/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.35/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.25/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.21/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Sakaori.

  • Muscat Bailey A

Discover the grape variety: Delaware

Simple reds and rosés with a characteristic foxy flavour — clear ruby to pink, soft tannins, moderate acidity and labrusca-signature aromas of wild strawberry, candy, fresh grape and rustic muscat notes. Grown in the north-eastern United States and massively exported to Japan, where it is used for juice, simple wines and table grapes. A hybrid discovered in 1849 in Delaware, Ohio.

The top sweet wines of Château Sakaori

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Sakaori

How Château Sakaori wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish or lean fish such as recipes of chicken maffé (africa) or cod and potato gratin.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Sakaori.

  • Koshu

The word of the wine: Servadou iron

A black grape variety from the southwest that produces a wine with spicy tannins and black currant and raspberry aromas. Under the name of Mansois, it is the main grape variety of Marcillac; it is also one of the important varieties of Gaillacois, where it is called Braucol. It is also used in the blends of other South-Western appellations (Fronton, Lavilledieu, Estaing, Madiran). Syn.: braucol, pinenc, mansois.

The top pink wines of Château Sakaori

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Sakaori

How Château Sakaori wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Sakaori

  • 0With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Sakaori.

  • Muscat Bailey A

Discover the grape variety: Koshu

Delicate, taut whites with a pale, slightly pinkish robe (grey-pink skin), an airy palate and fresh acidity, with subtle aromas of citrus (yuzu, grapefruit), green apple, white flowers, pear, almond and saline mineral notes. Slightly bitter, refined finish. Signature of the modern whites of Yamanashi (around Mount Fuji) and the locomotive of Japanese wine exports. Autochthonous hybrid variety (vinifera × vitis amurensis), cultivated in Japan for over a thousand years.

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Discover the grape variety: Muscat Bailey A

Supple, fruity reds with a moderate ruby robe, silky tannins and a direct palate, with signature Muscat aromas (fresh grape, rose), red fruits (cherry, strawberry), candy and hybrid herbal notes. A simple, early-ripening profile. Widely grown in Japan (Yamanashi, Nagano), it is the emblem of modern Japanese reds. Black hybrid grape created in 1927 by Zenbei Kawakami, a Bailey × Muscat Hamburg cross.