The Winery Hirakawa of Hokkaid&#333-ken

Winery Hirakawa - Conscience Terre de Yoichi
The winery offers 29 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 40 of the estates of Hokkaidō-ken.
It is located in Hokkaid&#333-ken

The Winery Hirakawa is one of the world's great estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in of Hokkaid&#333-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Hirakawa wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Hirakawa

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Hirakawa

How Winery Hirakawa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of salmon crumble, mussels with camembert cheese or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Hirakawa

  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Kerner
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Hokkaid&#333-ken

The wine region of Hokkaidō-ken of Japan. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Yoichi Wine or the Domaine Takahiko produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Hokkaidō-ken are Pinot noir, Kerner and Zweigelt, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Hokkaidō-ken often reveals types of flavors of cherry, plum or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, minerality or green apple.

We currently count 46 estates and châteaux in the of Hokkaidō-ken, producing 336 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Hokkaidō-ken go well with generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or mature and hard cheese.

The top red wines of Winery Hirakawa

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Hirakawa

How Winery Hirakawa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of eggplant, lamb and goat lasagna, croque madame or chicken, zucchini and tomato pie.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Hirakawa

  • 2015With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.43/5

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

  • Regent
  • Zweigelt

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Hirakawa

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Hirakawa

How Winery Hirakawa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of turkey ballotine, pork colombo or duck aiguillettes.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Hirakawa

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Hirakawa.

  • Bacchus
  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Cryptogamic

Refers to diseases transmitted to plants by a fungus.

The top pink wines of Winery Hirakawa

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Hirakawa

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

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Hirakawa

  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5

Discover the grape variety: Regent

A complex interspecific cross between the diana (sylvaner x Müller-Thurgau) and the chambourcin obtained in Germany in 1967 by Gerhardt Alleweldt. It can be found in Quebec (Canada), Belgium and Switzerland, but is little known in France. It should be noted that Regent, a monogenic variety, which is nevertheless resistant to certain cryptogamic diseases, was "bypassed" in 2010 by a less resistant strain of mildew, which was also the case for bianca.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Hirakawa

Planning a wine route in the of Hokkaid&#333-ken? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Hirakawa.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

News about Winery Hirakawa and wines from the region

Glenfiddich launches rare Time Re:Imagined whisky collection

Glenfiddich has released a range of three luxury single malts, themed around time. The Time Re:Imagined collection includes 30-year-old, 40-year-old and 50-year-old expressions, priced from £900 up to £35,000. The whiskies have been matured in Speyside. Each one is presented in packaging designed to interpret different concepts of time. ‘In whisky production, we often talk about the role of malt masters and it is our responsibility to find the delicate balance between the taste of the whisky and ...

Shirakawa 1958 single malt set for release

Shirakawa 1958 is the only official single malt bottling from the demolished distillery, and is also said to be the earliest single vintage Japanese whisky bottled to date, although part of its back story remains shrouded in mystery. The whisky was distilled at the Shirakawa distillery, located 200km north of Tokyo, in 1958, and survived an era when Shirakawa’s malt whisky was almost all used in owner Takara Shuzo’s flagship ‘King’ blend. Shirakawa was opened in Fukushima Prefecture by previous ...

Join Decanter’s Champagne Krug masterclass in New York

Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC is a one day event on Saturday 18th June bringing together prestigious wine producers and aficionados from around the globe in one of the world’s greatest cities – New York. We have curated a fantastic line-up of masterclasses which guests can participate in throughout the day and we’re very excited to host a unique Champagne masterclass with Krug – an opportunity to taste and converse with winemaker Jérôme Jacoillot from the renowned Champagne house. ...

The word of the wine: Cryptogamic

Refers to diseases transmitted to plants by a fungus.