The Winery Chichibu is one of the best wineries to follow in Yamanashi-ken.. It offers 26 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Chichibu wines in Yamanashi-ken among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Chichibu 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 Chichibu wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Chichibu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish or lean fish such as recipes of mussels spanish style or fried rice with vegetables.
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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 Winery Chichibu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of thai beef skewers, pasta with merguez or soft and inexpensive pasta gratin.
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
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