The Château Lumière of Yamanashi-ken

Château Lumière
The winery offers 54 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 21 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Château Lumière is one of the world's great estates. It offers 54 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Lumière wines

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

The top red wines of Château Lumière

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Lumière

How Château Lumière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of autumn beef bourguignon, caramelized lamb mice or rabbit with mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Lumière

On the nose the red wine of Château Lumière. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Lumière

  • 2012With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Muscat Bailey A
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Black Queen
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Tempranillo

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 sparkling wines of Château Lumière

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Château Lumière

How Château Lumière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of provencal stew, flamenkuche express or rabbit with goat cheese and mint.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Château Lumière

On the nose the sparkling wine of Château Lumière. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, non oak or earth.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Château Lumière

  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Koshu
  • Delaware
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Black Queen

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.

The top white wines of Château Lumière

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Lumière

How Château Lumière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of koskera hake (basque country), baked sea bass fillets or penne with smoked salmon and crème fraiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Lumière

On the nose the white wine of Château Lumière. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or spices and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Château Lumière. is a .

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Lumière

  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.24/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.22/5

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

  • Koshu
  • Delaware
  • Sémillon
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Petit Manseng

The word of the wine: Maceration

Prolonged contact and exchange between the juice and the grape solids, especially the skin. Not to be confused with the time of fermentation, which follows maceration. The juice becomes loaded with colouring matter and tannins, and acquires aromas. For a rosé, the maceration is short so that the colour does not "rise" too much. For white wines too, a "pellicular maceration" can be practised, which allows the wine to acquire more fat.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Lumière

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 Lumière.

Discover the grape variety: Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng is a white grape variety of Pyrenean origin. Its small berries have a hard, well-ventilated skin, which allows Petit Manseng to resist grey rot. On the other hand, this variety is very sensitive to noble rot, which concentrates the aromas and makes it possible to produce remarkable sweet wines with flavours of exotic fruits, grapefruit, honey, gingerbread, etc. Rich in alcohol and acidity, these wines are very well balanced and very fine. petit manseng also produces fruity dry white wines. It is also used in the AOC Béarn, Jurançon, Pacherenc-du-Vic-Bilh, Tursan...

News about Château Lumière and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Maceration

Prolonged contact and exchange between the juice and the grape solids, especially the skin. Not to be confused with the time of fermentation, which follows maceration. The juice becomes loaded with colouring matter and tannins, and acquires aromas. For a rosé, the maceration is short so that the colour does not "rise" too much. For white wines too, a "pellicular maceration" can be practised, which allows the wine to acquire more fat.