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.
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.
How Château Lumière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stuffed peppers, moroccan lamb shoulder or potjevleesch.
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.
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.
How Château Lumière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef fashion, ideas for savoury pancake toppings or duck with vanilla (reunion island).
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.
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.
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 mussels with chicken, skewers of marinated white fish or pan bagnat.
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 .
Said of a wine rich in alcohol, but in which the mellowness dominates.
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.
