The Winery Diamond Shuzo of Yamanashi-ken

Winery Diamond Shuzo - Chanter Y.A Rosado Demisec
The winery offers 21 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 35 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Winery Diamond Shuzo is one of the world's great estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Diamond Shuzo wines

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

The top pink wines of Winery Diamond Shuzo

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Diamond Shuzo

How Winery Diamond Shuzo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Diamond Shuzo.

  • 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 Winery Diamond Shuzo

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Diamond Shuzo

How Winery Diamond Shuzo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish or lean fish such as recipes of periwinkles - the perfect cook! or festive sea pot.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Diamond Shuzo

On the nose the white wine of Winery Diamond Shuzo. often reveals types of flavors of earth, citrus fruit or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Diamond Shuzo. is a .

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Diamond Shuzo

  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.43/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.43/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.35/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.00/5

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

  • Koshu

Discover the grape variety: Muscat d'Alexandrie

Muscat of Alexandria is known under several dozen other names. From Zibibbu di Sicilia to Roman Muscat to Acherfield's early Muscat. Its rich repertoire of appellations comes from its popularity, as consumers prefer it to all other white grapes. More than 55,000 hectares of vineyards are planted with this grape throughout the world, and the Pyrenees Orientales is the best place to find it in France. Preferring long pruning, this grape variety displays excellent vigor. Its productivity is equally enviable, yielding up to 4 kilos per vine.Muscat d'Alexandrie is drought-resistant and promises very sweet, juicy and firm berries protected by a thin skin. The fruits are medium in size and gather in compact, narrow and long clusters of medium span. The musky flavour makes for very good natural sweet wines.

The top red wines of Winery Diamond Shuzo

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Diamond Shuzo

How Winery Diamond Shuzo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Diamond Shuzo

On the nose the red wine of Winery Diamond Shuzo. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Diamond Shuzo

  • 2012With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.61/5

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

  • Muscat Bailey A

The word of the wine: Dismantling

After devatting, the pomace is removed from the tank. If this operation is carried out manually, it is important to ventilate the vat well to avoid the risk of accidents due to the presence of carbon dioxide.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Diamond Shuzo

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 Diamond Shuzo.

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.

News about Winery Diamond Shuzo and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Dismantling

After devatting, the pomace is removed from the tank. If this operation is carried out manually, it is important to ventilate the vat well to avoid the risk of accidents due to the presence of carbon dioxide.