The Winery Hitomi is one of the world's great estates. It offers 116 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Hitomi wines in Yamanashi-ken among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Hitomi 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 Hitomi wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Hitomi wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of cantonese rice, quick salmon and zucchini lasagna or spinach and goat cheese quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Hitomi. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.
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 Hitomi wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of ham and cheese macaroni gratin, spaghetti with tuna (real italian recipe) or ham and comté quiche.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Hitomi. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.
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.
How Winery Hitomi wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb such as recipes of harira de mamie (moroccan soup), ramen (noodle) soup or lamb shoulder confit.
Altered wine characterized by a vinegar smell.
How Winery Hitomi wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
How Winery Hitomi wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Hitomi. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, red fruit.
Vine shoot of the year.
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 Hitomi.
