The Winery l'Escargot of Yamanashi-ken

Winery l'Escargot
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.1.
It is ranked in the top 135 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Winery l'Escargot is one of the best wineries to follow in Yamanashi-ken.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery l'Escargot wines

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

The top white wines of Winery l'Escargot

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery l'Escargot

How Winery l'Escargot wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of pigeon with bacon and mushrooms, tuna brick (light) or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery l'Escargot

On the nose the white wine of Winery l'Escargot. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, tropical or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, lime or minerality.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery l'Escargot

  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery l'Escargot.

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery l'Escargot

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 l'Escargot.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Winery l'Escargot and wines from the region

The Irancy appellation seen by Clotilde Davenne

Clotilde Davenne, from the eponymous estate, mentions the cherry as a main characteristic of the Irancy appellation. She tells us about the Pinot Noir variety which reveals, in its northern location of Bourgogne, lots of freshness and fruitiness that gives the appellation a very special place among the wines of the region. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https: ...

The Mâcon plus appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the appellation Mâcon plus geographical denomination . The tectonics and the very different nature of the rocks that make up the subsoil of this region explain the great variety of soils found in this part fo Bourgogne. It also explains why each wine offers a different personnality. This vid ...

Chablis takes pride in its subsoil by Ivy NG

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In this two-and-a-half-minute clip, Yvy NG describes the unique subsoil that Chablis is so proud of. ...

The word of the wine: Ancestral method

A method of making certain sparkling wines such as blanquette de Limoux, sparkling gaillac or clairette de Die, which consists of a second fermentation in the bottle based on natural sugars and yeasts naturally brought by the grapes (unlike the méthode champenoise, which requires the addition of tirage liquor).