The Winery Grace of Yamanashi-ken

Winery Grace
The winery offers 42 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 4 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Winery Grace is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 42 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Grace wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Grace

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Grace

How Winery Grace wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or pork such as recipes of stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce, fillets of sole a la dieppoise or broccoli gratin.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Grace

On the nose the white wine of Winery Grace. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, grapefruit or oaky and sometimes also flavors of citrus, apples or peach. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Grace. is a .

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Grace

  • 2019With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Koshu
  • Chardonnay

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 red wines of Winery Grace

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Grace

How Winery Grace wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of wild boar with honey, pigeon with bacon and mushrooms or wild boar stew.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Grace

On the nose the red wine of Winery Grace. 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 Grace

  • 2012With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.57/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Muscat Bailey A
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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 bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Grace

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Grace

How Winery Grace wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of chicken drumstick with bacon, cod "bacalhau a gomes de sa or quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Grace

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Grace. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Grace

  • 2013With an average score of 4.24/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.83/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Kerner
  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Petiole

Stem of the leaf, connecting the leaf blade to the stem.

The top sweet wines of Winery Grace

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Grace

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

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Grace

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Grace. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Grace

  • 2010With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Grace.

  • Kerner
  • Muscat Bailey A

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Grace

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Grace

How Winery Grace wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of savoyard matafans, doner kebab or sauté of pork with cider.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Grace

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Grace. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Grace

  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.37/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot

The word of the wine: Skinny

Thin and lacking in substance in the mouth.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Grace

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 Grace.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

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.