The Winery Sakai of Yamanashi-ken

Winery Sakai
The winery offers 28 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 101 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Winery Sakai is one of the best wineries to follow in Yamanashi-ken.. It offers 28 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Sakai wines

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

The top sweet wines of Winery Sakai

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Sakai

How Winery Sakai wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

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

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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 Sakai

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Sakai

How Winery Sakai wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of rosbeef casserole mamie, lamb tagine with apricots or pork gyros.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Sakai

  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.56/5

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

  • Muscat Bailey A
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Black Queen

Discover the grape variety: Koshu

One of the oldest varieties cultivated in Japan, generally in arbors/pergolas, most often used as a table grape and recently vinified and associated with other varieties. It is a Vitis vinifera also known in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the United States... practically unknown in France.

The top white wines of Winery Sakai

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Sakai

How Winery Sakai wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of north welsch, salmon pave en papillotte or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Sakai

On the nose the white wine of Winery Sakai. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Sakai

  • 2018With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.33/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.16/5

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

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  • Chardonnay
  • Koshu
  • Riesling

The word of the wine: Fendant

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The top sparkling wines of Winery Sakai

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Sakai

How Winery Sakai wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Sakai.

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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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Sakai

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 Sakai.

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. 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 Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

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The word of the wine: Fendant

See chasselas.