The Winery Chateraise of Yamanashi-ken

Winery Chateraise - Barrel Aged Chardonnay
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.2.
It is ranked in the top 336 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Winery Chateraise is one of the best wineries to follow in Yamanashi-ken.. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Chateraise wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Chateraise

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Chateraise

How Winery Chateraise wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of paupiettes with tomato sauce, baked sea bream or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Chateraise

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The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Chateraise.

  • Koshu
  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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 Winery Chateraise

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Chateraise

How Winery Chateraise wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of lomo saltado, lamb breast with onions and tomato sauce or duck sleeves in cider.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Chateraise

  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 2.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Chateraise.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Muscat Bailey A
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot
  • Koshu
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Chateraise

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 Winery Chateraise.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Chateraise and wines from the region

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