The Kai winery of Yamanashi-ken

Kai winery
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 191 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Kai winery is one of the best wineries to follow in Yamanashi-ken.. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Kai winery wines

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

The top pink wines of Kai winery

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Kai winery

How Kai winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or poultry such as recipes of oven roasted rabbit that cooks itself!, chicken colombo (west indies) or butter chicken or chicken makkhani (india).

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Kai winery.

  • Barbera
  • Merlot

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 Kai winery

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Kai winery

How Kai winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or poultry such as recipes of endives au gratin without béchamel sauce, lamb tagine with prunes and almonds or eggs florentine.

The best vintages in the red wines of Kai winery

  • 2016With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.55/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Kai winery.

  • Merlot
  • Barbera

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 white wines of Kai winery

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Kai winery

How Kai winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish or lean fish such as recipes of paella from an old spanish grandmother... or fish fillets with lemon sauce (microwave).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Kai winery

On the nose the white wine of Kai winery. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Kai winery. is a .

The best vintages in the white wines of Kai winery

  • 2012With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Kai winery.

  • Koshu

The word of the wine: Noble rot

A fungus called botrytis cinerea that develops during the over-ripening phase, an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".

The top sweet wines of Kai winery

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Kai winery

How Kai winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Kai winery.

  • Koshu

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.

The top sparkling wines of Kai winery

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Kai winery

How Kai winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Kai winery.

  • Delaware

The word of the wine: Botrytis cinerea

This fungus, also called noble rot, develops during the over-ripening phase and is an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Kai winery

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 Kai winery.

News about Kai winery and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Chaintré

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Chaintré, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWi ...

The Rully appellation seen by Felix Debavelaere

Felix Debavelaere, from Domaine Rois Mages mentions the different personnalities of the Rully appellation. It is not easy to put it in a single box, not only because it can be produced in red and white but also because the wines can show different characters according to where the vines are planted. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 2021). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bourgo ...

An overview of Morey Saint Denis appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Morey-Saint-Denis, typical of the côte de Nuits region. Situated at the center of this region, the vineyard neighbours the appellation Gevrey-Chambertin to the north and Chambolle-Musigny to the south. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb ...

The word of the wine: Noble rot

A fungus called botrytis cinerea that develops during the over-ripening phase, an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".