The Winery Sanyo of Yamanashi-ken

Winery Sanyo - Chardonnay
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 614 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Winery Sanyo is one of the best wineries to follow in Yamanashi-ken.. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Sanyo wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Sanyo

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Sanyo

How Winery Sanyo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of flammekueche (with laughing cow), red mullet, mackerel, tuna, salmon sushi or broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Sanyo

  • 1933With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Koshu
  • Chardonnay
  • Delaware
  • 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.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Sanyo

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Sanyo

How Winery Sanyo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish or lean fish such as recipes of indian chicken (simplified korma) or the fisherman's pot.

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

  • Delaware
  • Koshu

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 red wines of Winery Sanyo

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Sanyo

How Winery Sanyo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of baeckeoffe or duck confit.

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

  • Muscat Bailey A
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Flavours

There are generally four so-called fundamental flavours: acidity, bitterness, sweetness and saltiness. The first three are considered to be the building blocks of the structure of wines. They are perceived by the taste buds that cover the surface of the tongue.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Sanyo

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 Sanyo.

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 Sanyo and wines from the region

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Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 open for entries

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The word of the wine: Flavours

There are generally four so-called fundamental flavours: acidity, bitterness, sweetness and saltiness. The first three are considered to be the building blocks of the structure of wines. They are perceived by the taste buds that cover the surface of the tongue.