Winery Sapporo FujinoLe Nord
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Pinot noir, the Zweigelt and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, pork or poultry.
Food and wine pairings with Le Nord
Pairings that work perfectly with Le Nord
Original food and wine pairings with Le Nord
The Le Nord of Winery Sapporo Fujino matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef stew provencal style, lamb tagine with vegetables and sweet potatoes or calf's head with sauce ravigote.
Details and technical informations about Winery Sapporo Fujino's Le Nord.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Le Nord from Winery Sapporo Fujino are 2017, 0, 2018
Informations about the Winery Sapporo Fujino
The Winery Sapporo Fujino is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Hokkaidō-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Hokkaidō-ken
The wine region of Hokkaidō-ken of Japan. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Yoichi Wine or the Domaine Takahiko produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Hokkaidō-ken are Pinot noir, Kerner and Zweigelt, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Hokkaidō-ken often reveals types of flavors of cherry, plum or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, minerality or green apple.
The word of the wine: Bâtonnage
A very old technique that has come back into fashion in modern oenology, which consists of shaking the white wine in the barrels at the end of fermentation, or after fermentation, with a stick or a flail, in order to suspend the fine lees composed of yeasts at the end of their activity. This process is sometimes used for red wines.
