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.
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.
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 croque madame, skate wing with caper butter or quiche without pastry.
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.
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.
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.
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.
