The Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄) of Shandong

Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄)
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.
This estate is part of the Changyu.
It is ranked in the top 6 of the estates of Shandong.
It is located in Shandong

The Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄) is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Shandong to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄) wines

Looking for the best Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄) wines in Shandong among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄) 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 Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄) wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄)

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄)

How Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of stuffed zucchini, lamb mouse with onions and red wine or spicy chicken and mustard pie.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄)

On the nose the red wine of Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄). often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄)

  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.23/5
  • 1995With an average score of 2.60/5
  • 2011With an average score of 2.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄).

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Shandong

Shandong is one of China's major wine-producing provinces, located on the east coast of the country, equidistant between Beijing and Shanghai. It is clearly China's largest wine producing region, even if the wine industry represents only a small Part of the total economy of this heavily populated province. It is home to the majority of China's most prominent wineries, along with the Tsingtao brewery. Cabernet Gernischt, Cabernet Sauvignon, Riesling and Chardonnay are the most important grape varieties grown in the province.

Shandong covers around 160,000 square kilometers (60,700 square miles) of land, an area that is roughly the same Size as the US state of Georgia. The most viticulturally important part of the province is the 275km-long (170-mile) Shandong Peninsula that juts into the Yellow Sea toward Korea. Just North of the peninsula is where the famed Yellow River flows into the sea after traversing much of northern China. Most producers in Shandong can be found on the outskirts of urban areas, and the city of Yantai on the northern coast of the peninsula has become China's wine capital.

It was here that the first commercial wine producers began to make grape wines, pioneered by the Changyu wine company in the late 19th Century. In the past few decades, the city has been attracting international attention and the Bordeaux names of Castel and Barons de Rothschild have viticultural interests in Shandong. The Terroir of Shandong avoids the Harsh continental extremes of the Center of China and instead has a maritime Climate, with cooler summers and warmer winters. Shandong is affected by the East Asian Monsoon, a weather system that brings cool, moist air from the Pacific Ocean to the shores of the province, causing summer rain.

The top white wines of Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄)

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄)

How Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of pork roulades with cream and mushrooms, cream and tuna quiche or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄).

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄)

Planning a wine route in the of Shandong? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄).

Discover the grape variety: Amigne

A very old vine cultivated in the Swiss Valais, more precisely in Vétroz. The latest genetic analyses, to be confirmed however, show that it would be related to the petit meslier and in fact to the gouais and the savagnin. It should be noted that it is only known in its country and region of origin.

News about Château Changyu Castel (烟台张裕卡斯特酒庄) and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Serrières

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Serrières, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

How to work with Chablis wines as a sommelier by Yang LU

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A panel discussion about the Chablis appellation

This film is the recording of a webinar on Chablis wines organized in December 2020 with four personalities from Hong Kong: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. They explain the purity of Chablis wines, discuss the latest vintages, and also talk about food and wine pairings, as well as global warming and the transition to more sustainable practices. #Chablis #P ...

The word of the wine: Thermoregulation

Control of the vinification temperatures (by circulating hot or cold water on the walls of the vats, for example). This is a major step forward, which in particular helps to preserve the freshness of the aromas threatened by excessive temperature rises during fermentation.