The Winery Tamba of Yamanashi-ken

Winery Tamba - Assemblage Red
The winery offers 59 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 223 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Winery Tamba is one of the best wineries to follow in Yamanashi-ken.. It offers 59 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Tamba wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Tamba

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Tamba

How Winery Tamba wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew with white wine, mansaf, or jordanian lamb (jordan) or wild boar bourguignon.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Tamba

On the nose the red wine of Winery Tamba. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Tamba

  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.28/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.26/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.25/5
  • 2008With an average score of 2.91/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Muscat Bailey A
  • Pinot Noir
  • Sangiovese
  • Saperavi

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 Tamba

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Tamba

How Winery Tamba wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of grandma's chicken casserole, cannelloni with salmon and spinach or vegan leek and tofu quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Tamba

On the nose the white wine of Winery Tamba. often reveals types of flavors of oak, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Tamba

  • 2020With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.46/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Delaware
  • Koshu
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Riesling
  • Niagara

Discover the grape variety: Tannat

Tannat is a red grape variety from Béarn which belongs to the cotoïdes family. Present in several vineyards of France, it occupies nearly 3,000 ha. Its leaves are reddish with tan patches. Its bunches are either of normal size or larger. Its berries have a thin skin and are rounded. Its foliage has a swarthy appearance. This variety must be pruned long because it is vigorous. It likes sandy and gravelly soils. Tannat is often exposed to leafhoppers and mites. It is also somewhat susceptible to grey rot. It has 11 approved clones, including 474, 717 and 794. Once mature, this variety produces acidic, fruity, tannic, acidic and full-bodied wines. Various aromas emerge, notably tobacco, cinnamon and exotic wood. Tannat is rarely used alone. It is combined with iron-servadou to obtain a fruitier taste or with cabernet sauvignon to be more rounded.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Tamba

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Tamba

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

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Tamba

  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.31/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.29/5
  • 2015With an average score of 2.80/5

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

  • Koshu
  • Muscat Bailey A
  • Saperavi
  • Delaware

The word of the wine: De-vatting

Separation of the fermented juice from all solid particles (skin, pips, deposit of lees) by transferring it to a second tank.

The top pink wines of Winery Tamba

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Tamba

How Winery Tamba wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spaghetti with beef balls, royal couscous (lamb, chicken, merguez) or rabbit terrine in the style of a grandmother (pas de calais).

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Tamba

  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Sangiovese

Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Tamba

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 Tamba.

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.

News about Winery Tamba and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: De-vatting

Separation of the fermented juice from all solid particles (skin, pips, deposit of lees) by transferring it to a second tank.