Funky ChâteauLa Première Fois Merlot
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and game (deer, venison).
The La Première Fois Merlot of the Funky Château is in the top 20 of wines of Japan and in the top 5 of wines of Nagano-ken.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the La Première Fois Merlot of Funky Château in the region of Nagano-ken often reveals types of flavors of oak, spices or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with La Première Fois Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with La Première Fois Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with La Première Fois Merlot
The La Première Fois Merlot of Funky Château matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of burger roll or venison leg marinated in white wine and grand marnier.
Details and technical informations about Funky Château's La Première Fois Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of La Première Fois Merlot from Funky Château are 2016, 2014, 2012, 0 and 2015.
Informations about the Funky Château
The Funky Château is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in the of Nagano-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Nagano-ken
Alpine wine prefecture of central Japan (Honshu), the 2nd national region, high-altitude vineyards (600-900 m). Signature Merlot of Kikyogahara: supple, precise reds with signature notes of plum, cherry, sweet herbs, cedar and a cocoa touch, round tannins and elegant freshness — rivalling the Bordeaux wines. Renowned broad, mineral Chardonnay, fine and silky Pinot Noir. Also historic hybrid grapes (Concord, Niagara).
The word of the wine: Extraction
All the methods (pumping over, punching down) that allow the colour and tannins to be extracted from the grape skin during maceration, before fermentation begins. It is also possible to macerate after fermentation, but gently, so as not to extract the tannins from the seeds, which are greener. Because of its solvent power, alcohol favours extraction.
