The Katsunuma Jozo Winery of Yamanashi-ken

Katsunuma Jozo Winery
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Katsunuma Jozo Winery is one of the best wineries to follow in Yamanashi-ken.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Katsunuma Jozo Winery wines

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

The top white wines of Katsunuma Jozo Winery

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Katsunuma Jozo Winery

How Katsunuma Jozo Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish or lean fish such as recipes of scallops in coral sauce or saithe in foil.

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

  • Koshu

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Ortega

An intraspecific cross between Müller-Thurgau and Siegerrebe obtained in 1948 by Hans Breider (1908-1960) at the Bavarian Research Station for Viticulture and Horticulture in Veitsnöchheim (Germany). Almost unknown in France, it can be found in Germany, Belgium, England, the United States and Canada. Its early maturity and muscatel taste have sometimes led to it being offered as a table grape on market stalls.

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