The Winery Soleil Wines of Yamanashi-ken

Winery Soleil Wines
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 360 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken
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The Winery Soleil Wines is one of the best wineries to follow in Yamanashi-ken.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Soleil Wines wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Soleil Wines

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Soleil Wines

How Winery Soleil Wines wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beer goulash, moussaka with spices or whole duck casserole with white wine.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Soleil Wines

  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Muscat Bailey A

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 white wines of Winery Soleil Wines

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Soleil Wines

How Winery Soleil Wines wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of grilled sea bass with herbs, my chef's pot or broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry.

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Soleil Wines

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 Soleil Wines.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Winery Soleil Wines and wines from the region

Decanter guide to picnicking for wine lovers

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Château La Gaffelière withdraws from the next St-Emilion classification

The historic estate follows in the footsteps of Châteaux Angélus, Cheval Blanc and Ausone by withdrawing its candidacy from the upcoming classification. The Malet-Roquefort family, which has owned Château La Gaffelière for more than 300 years, said it ‘no longer recognises its values’ in the new criteria. The Malet-Roqueforts claimed that the overhauled rating system for the tasting ‘contradicts all the ratings obtained by Château La Gaffelière for several years by the greatest wine professional ...

Decanter Wine Club: celebrate Thanksgiving with top-scoring wines

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The word of the wine: Stabilization

All the treatments intended for the good conservation of wines.