Winery HokkaidoZweigelt
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, pork or lamb.
The Zweigelt of the Winery Hokkaido is in the top 20 of wines of Hokkaidō-ken.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Zweigelt of Winery Hokkaido in the region of Hokkaidō-ken often reveals types of flavors of cherry, blueberry or pepper and sometimes also flavors of non oak, oak or spices.
Food and wine pairings with Zweigelt
Pairings that work perfectly with Zweigelt
Original food and wine pairings with Zweigelt
The Zweigelt of Winery Hokkaido matches generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of lamb tagine with onions, purple olives and lemons..., the real vegetables stuffed in the provençal way or lasagne with vegetables and savoy tomatoes.
Details and technical informations about Winery Hokkaido's Zweigelt.
Discover the grape variety: Zweigelt
Intraspecific crossing between the saint laurent and the limberger realized in 1922 and in Austria by Fritz Zweigelt (1888/1964) who named it rotburger. Very well known in Austria, it can be found in most Eastern countries, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, the United States, etc. In France, it is not very well known and yet this variety has interesting qualities when vinified as a single variety for both red and rosé wines. - Synonyms: rotburger, klosterneuburger, zweigelt blau, blauer-zweigelt in Germany, zweigeltrebe in Austria, Great Britain and the Czech Republic, blauer zwelgetrabe in Hungary, etc. (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here !)
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Zweigelt from Winery Hokkaido are 2012, 2015, 2017, 2016 and 2013.
Informations about the Winery Hokkaido
The Winery Hokkaido is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 60 wines for sale in the of Hokkaidō-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Hokkaidō-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.
The word of the wine: Skinny
Thin and lacking in substance in the mouth.
