The Hikawa Chuo Winery of Yamanashi-ken

Hikawa Chuo Winery
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.1.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Hikawa Chuo Winery is one of the best wineries to follow in Yamanashi-ken.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Hikawa Chuo Winery wines

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

The top white wines of Hikawa Chuo Winery

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Hikawa Chuo Winery

How Hikawa Chuo Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish or lean fish such as recipes of barbecued lobster or cod with curry sauce.

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

  • Koshu

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Mérille

Originally from the Tarn-et-Garonne, the merille is a member of the cotoïdes family. It has long occupied the vineyards of Bergerac. It is often planted with négrette N or côt N. Nowadays, it is only grown on a hundred hectares in all. The young leaves of the Merille are heart-shaped. Its bunches are larger than average. The berries are bluish-black in colour and are also large and tightly packed. Merillas are associated with a regular and high production. It is often exposed to attacks by grape worms, leafhoppers and mites. It also fears grey rot but is not very sensitive to powdery mildew and mildew. This variety has 3 approved clones, not yet multiplied, namely 790, 445 and 444. It does not like soils with excessive humidity. It buds early and ripens later. Merille produces a light, not very aromatic, flat and simple wine.

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