The Château Charmant of Yamanashi-ken

Château Charmant - Koshu - Chardonnay (甲州種 & シャルドネ)
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 813 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Château Charmant is one of the best wineries to follow in Yamanashi-ken.. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Charmant wines

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

The top white wines of Château Charmant

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Charmant

How Château Charmant wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or pork such as recipes of shrimp marinade, fish fingers for dummies or cannelloni of meat.

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Koshu
  • Sémillon

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 red wines of Château Charmant

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Charmant

How Château Charmant wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fricandeaux german style, andouillette and baked potato gratin or duckling with bigarrade.

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

  • Cabernet Franc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Charmant

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 Charmant.

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

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.

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