The Château Mars of Yamanashi-ken

Château Mars
The winery offers 59 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 91 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Château Mars is one of the world's great estates. It offers 59 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Mars wines

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

The top red wines of Château Mars

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Mars

How Château Mars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of spanish stew (cocido), doner kebab or steak tartare.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Mars

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Mars

  • 2014With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.49/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.39/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Muscat Bailey A
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Yamanashi-ken

Japanese winemaking heart at the foot of Mount Fuji, signature in Koshu. Identity-driven native white (~90% of Japanese plantings): delicate, precise dry whites with notes of citrus (yuzu, lime), green apple, white flowers and a slightly saline finish, low alcohol and great freshness. Ideal with sushi and Japanese cuisine. Also Chardonnay and Merlot in the altitude zones of Akeno.

Vineyards at 400-700 m on volcanic ash, climate with marked thermal swings.

The top white wines of Château Mars

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Mars

How Château Mars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or pork such as recipes of fish and shrimp curry, fillets of sole or barbecued filet mignon.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Mars

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Mars

  • 2015With an average score of 3.39/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.29/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.25/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.24/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.21/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Koshu
  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Muscat Bailey A

Discover the grape variety: White muscat

White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.

The top sparkling wines of Château Mars

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Château Mars

How Château Mars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of pulled pork (us pulled pork ), pasta with tuna and laughing cow or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Château Mars

  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.32/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Koshu
  • Chardonnay
  • Delaware
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Wiring

Action of periodically filling barrels containing wine, in order to offset evaporation and maintain a maximum level. The topping up allows to avoid the phenomenon of oxidation.

The top sweet wines of Château Mars

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Mars

How Château Mars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of couscous without couscous maker, lamb tagine with dried fruits and herbs or potjevleesch (meat in a pot).

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château Mars

  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.47/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Mars.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Muscat Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot is a red grape variety with small black berries that appeared at the end of the 18th century. It is produced in most of the Bordeaux terroirs, where it represents 58% of the planted area, and its best terroir is located in Pomerol and Saint-Emilion on cool, clay-limestone soils. At the mythical Château Pétrus, the wine is made with 95% Merlot, with a dark, dense colour, aromas of red and black fruits and a superb range of flavours, the Merlot transforms during its ageing to give way to notes of prunes, undergrowth and spices. On the palate, it is supple with distinguished tannins. It is often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon. Merlot is no longer exclusive to Bordeaux, it is nowadays vinified all over the world.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Mars

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 Mars.

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.