Winery AlpsPlatinum Collection Merlot
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and game (deer, venison).
Food and wine pairings with Platinum Collection Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with Platinum Collection Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with Platinum Collection Merlot
The Platinum Collection Merlot of Winery Alps matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chicken, beef and lamb couscous (morocco) or duck aiguillettes.
Details and technical informations about Winery Alps's Platinum Collection Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Platinum Collection Merlot from Winery Alps are 2013, 0
Informations about the Winery Alps
The Winery Alps is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 66 wines for sale in the of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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 word of the wine: Ancestral method
A method of making certain sparkling wines such as blanquette de Limoux, sparkling gaillac or clairette de Die, which consists of a second fermentation in the bottle based on natural sugars and yeasts naturally brought by the grapes (unlike the méthode champenoise, which requires the addition of tirage liquor).
