The Winery Mie Ikeno of Yamanashi-ken

Winery Mie Ikeno - Chardonnay
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 pork colombo, sardines with escabeche or vegan leek and tofu 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 monkfish tail with white butter, duck pot au feu or vitello tonnato.

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 sausages with kale, pasta with tuna and laughing cow or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.

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: Residual sugars

Sugars not transformed into alcohol and naturally present in the wine. The perception of residual sugars is conditioned by the acidity of the wine. The more acidic the wine is, the less sweet it will seem, given the same amount of sugar.

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: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

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The word of the wine: Residual sugars

Sugars not transformed into alcohol and naturally present in the wine. The perception of residual sugars is conditioned by the acidity of the wine. The more acidic the wine is, the less sweet it will seem, given the same amount of sugar.