The Winery Suntory of Yamanashi-ken

Winery Suntory
The winery offers 46 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.
It is ranked in the top 73 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Winery Suntory is one of the world's great estates. It offers 46 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Suntory wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Suntory

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Suntory

How Winery Suntory wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb such as recipes of venison stew with red wine, rabbit with chorizo or lamb mice confit in port wine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Suntory

On the nose the red wine of Winery Suntory. often reveals types of flavors of plum, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Suntory

  • 2010With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.36/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.35/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.27/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.19/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.05/5

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

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

Discovering the wine region of Yamanashi-ken

Japanese winemaking heart at the foot of Mount Fuji, signature in Koshu. Identity-driven native white (~90% of Japanese plantings): delicate, precise dry whites with notes of citrus (yuzu, lime), green apple, white flowers and a slightly saline finish, low alcohol and great freshness. Ideal with sushi and Japanese cuisine. Also Chardonnay and Merlot in the altitude zones of Akeno.

Vineyards at 400-700 m on volcanic ash, climate with marked thermal swings.

The top sweet wines of Winery Suntory

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Suntory

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

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Suntory

  • 0With an average score of 2.80/5
  • 1907With an average score of 2.60/5

Discover the grape variety: Parellada

Lively, elegant whites with finely chiselled acidity and a light palate, with aromas of lemon, green apple, white flowers, fresh herbs and discreet mineral notes. Brings freshness and aromatic finesse to Cava DO blends (with macabeo and xarel-lo), defining the taut identity of Catalan sparkling wines. Also as light still whites in Penedès DO and Conca de Barberà DO. Native Catalan variety grown at altitude.

The top white wines of Winery Suntory

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Suntory

How Winery Suntory wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of chinchards with white wine and grapes, salmon cannelloni or cream and tuna quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Suntory

On the nose the white wine of Winery Suntory. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio, vegetal or oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Suntory. is a .

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Suntory

  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.16/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.16/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.15/5

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

  • Koshu
  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Muscat Bailey A

The word of the wine: Gouleyant

Characteristic of supple and light wines, particularly new wines.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Suntory

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Suntory

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

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Suntory

  • 0With an average score of 2.90/5

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

  • Macabeo
  • Parellada

Discover the grape variety: Koshu

Delicate, taut whites with a pale, slightly pinkish robe (grey-pink skin), an airy palate and fresh acidity, with subtle aromas of citrus (yuzu, grapefruit), green apple, white flowers, pear, almond and saline mineral notes. Slightly bitter, refined finish. Signature of the modern whites of Yamanashi (around Mount Fuji) and the locomotive of Japanese wine exports. Autochthonous hybrid variety (vinifera × vitis amurensis), cultivated in Japan for over a thousand years.

The top pink wines of Winery Suntory

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Suntory

How Winery Suntory wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of barbecue burger or deer stew.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Suntory

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Suntory. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Suntory

  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.21/5
  • 2014With an average score of 2.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Suntory.

  • Muscat Bailey A
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Spicy

Said of a wine whose taste and aromas are reminiscent of spices.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Suntory

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 Suntory.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.