The Château Mars of Yamanashi-ken

Château Mars
The winery offers 59 different wines
3.3
Note - 1Note - 1Note - 1Note - 0Note - 0
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 beef marengo "my mom" style, mamyjaja lamb mouse tagine or coral lentil dahl.

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
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.24/5

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

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 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 shrimp and zucchini with curry and coconut milk, sole fillets with butter or rabbit in white wine (casserole).

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
  • 2019With an average score of 3.24/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.21/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.11/5

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

  • Koshu
  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Muscat Bailey A

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

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 coconut from paimpol, sushi cake or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.

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
  • 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: Jeroboam

Bottle with a capacity of 5 litres.

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 beef tournedos with boursin, lamb parmentine with eggplant and spices or rabbit with prunes.

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

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Muscat Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Muscat Bailey A

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: Petit Verdot

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.

News about Château Mars and wines from the region

Geographical denomination: The first step towards the notion of terroir – Focus Bourgogne

We created this photomontage, to show you the landscapes and the different characteristics of the 14 geographical denominations of the Bourgogne appellation: Wine colors, grape varieties, soil specificities, surface area and production. You’ll become an expert on the Bourgogne appellation! Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/comp ...

Chablis wines with Joe Fattorini in The Wine Show @Home

In this first episode of a series dedicated to Chablis wines on @The Wine Show @Home, wine expert and TV host Joe Fattorini introduces the vineyards and the wines of Chablis through a tasting of three wines: a Petit Chablis, a Chablis and a Chablis Premier Cru. #PureChablis #BourgogneWines #Chablis ...

The appellations of Bourgogne

Understand the hierarchy of Burgundy wine appellations in less than a minute! Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines.com/ #BourgogneWines #Bourgogne ...

The word of the wine: Jeroboam

Bottle with a capacity of 5 litres.