Winery TokachiCastle Hokkaido Special Blend
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Tokachi's Castle Hokkaido Special Blend.
Discover the grape variety: Optima
Intraspecific crossing between sylvaner x riesling (perhaps rieslaner) and müller-thurgau obtained in 1930 by Peter Morio (1887-1960) and Bernhard Husfeld (1900-1970) at the Siebeldingen Research Institute (Palatinate) in Germany. It can be found in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, Hungary, England, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, ... very little known in France. Note that Optima is the mother of the Orion grape variety.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Castle Hokkaido Special Blend from Winery Tokachi are 2018, 2015, 2013, 2016 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery Tokachi
The Winery Tokachi is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 46 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: Millerandage
Poor fertilization of some grapes at the time of flowering in cold or rainy weather. Milled grapes do not grow and usually do not contain seeds.
