The Château Jun of Yamanashi-ken

Château Jun - Barrel Aged Koshu
The winery offers 29 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 48 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Château Jun is one of the world's great estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Jun wines

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

The top white wines of Château Jun

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Jun

How Château Jun wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or pork such as recipes of blanquette of the sea, fish casserole with small vegetables, chives and paprika or summer orecchiette.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Jun

On the nose the white wine of Château Jun. often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth. In the mouth the white wine of Château Jun. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Jun

  • 2013With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.48/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Jun.

  • Koshu
  • Chardonnay
  • Delaware
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

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 red wines of Château Jun

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Jun

How Château Jun wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of express veal stew in a pressure cooker, rack of lamb in a salt crust or chicken curry with coconut milk and cashew nuts.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Jun.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Muscat Bailey A
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

The top pink wines of Château Jun

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Jun

How Château Jun wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Jun

  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5

The word of the wine: Classified growth

Place name or castle subject to a classification (Médoc classification of 1855, classified growths of Alsace...)

The top sparkling wines of Château Jun

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Château Jun

How Château Jun wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Château Jun.

  • Koshu

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Jun

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 Château Jun.

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 Château Jun and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Classified growth

Place name or castle subject to a classification (Médoc classification of 1855, classified growths of Alsace...)