The Château Sakaori of Yamanashi-ken

Château Sakaori - Koshu Dry
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 mouclade, flounder fillets, lemon butter or stuffed eggplant (with vegetables or mixed).

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
  • 2019With an average score of 3.44/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.43/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.39/5

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

  • Koshu
  • Delaware
  • Chardonnay

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 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
  • 2012With an average score of 3.25/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.21/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Muscat Bailey A

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

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 jambalaya (louisiana) or fillet of saithe with mustard.

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

  • Koshu

The word of the wine: Size (champagne)

Juices that flow from the press after the cuvée, at the second pressing. Less fine, often more vegetal, it is mainly used to make the first price champagnes.

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

  • Muscat Bailey A

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 Château Sakaori

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 Château Sakaori.

News about Château Sakaori and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Size (champagne)

Juices that flow from the press after the cuvée, at the second pressing. Less fine, often more vegetal, it is mainly used to make the first price champagnes.