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.
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.
How Château Mars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of veal shank with mushrooms, lamb with masalé sauce and rice or turkey escalope with curry.
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.
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 Mars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or pork such as recipes of chinese fried shrimp ravioli, thai fried rice or ollada (catalonia).
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 .
Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.
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 pasta "carbonara" à la française, rice croquettes with salmon or summer tuna quiche.
Humidity level of the cellar necessary for a good ageing of the wines. The recommended hygrometry is around 70% in order to guarantee a good elasticity of the corks while preserving the labels.
How Château Mars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef goulash, giouvetsi (greek dish) or duck legs with cider and small onions.
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.
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.
