The Winery Mie Ikeno of Yamanashi-ken

Winery Mie Ikeno
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 5 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Winery Mie Ikeno is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mie Ikeno wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Mie Ikeno

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Mie Ikeno

How Winery Mie Ikeno wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche, wild rice salad with tuna or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Mie Ikeno

On the nose the white wine of Winery Mie Ikeno. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Mie Ikeno

  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • 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 Mie Ikeno

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Mie Ikeno

How Winery Mie Ikeno wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or veal such as recipes of beef bobotie, cassoulet of the sea or blanquette of veal.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Mie Ikeno

On the nose the red wine of Winery Mie Ikeno. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Mie Ikeno

  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.55/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir

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 sweet wines of Winery Mie Ikeno

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Mie Ikeno

How Winery Mie Ikeno wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of veal cutlets with savoy tomme, mexican salad with spicy dressing or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Mie Ikeno

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Mie Ikeno. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Mie Ikeno

  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Chardonnay

The word of the wine: Musty (taste of)

A disgusting taste due to a defect in the grapes or, more commonly, a defect in the barrel.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Mie Ikeno

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 Mie Ikeno.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Mie Ikeno and wines from the region

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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: ...

What style should one expect from a good Chablis by Debra MEIBURG

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At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Vinzelles

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-Vinzelles, 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/BourgogneW ...

The word of the wine: Musty (taste of)

A disgusting taste due to a defect in the grapes or, more commonly, a defect in the barrel.