The Château Mercian is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 105 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Mercian wines in Yamanashi-ken among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Mercian 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 Mercian wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Mercian wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or veal such as recipes of puchero, rabbit with mustard in foil or delicious veal stew.
On the nose the red wine of Château Mercian. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, oaky or citrus and sometimes also flavors of minerality, strawberries or lemon.
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 Mercian wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of meatloaf with lovage (perpetual celery), baked sea bream or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Château Mercian. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or green apple and sometimes also flavors of minerality, lemon or earth. In the mouth the white wine of Château Mercian. is a .
How Château Mercian wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of simple pork roast, sea bream fillets with capers or leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Château Mercian. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, citrus fruit.
Said of a wine that gives the impression of being dense and smooth, a bit like biting into the flesh of a ripe fruit.
How Château Mercian wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb such as recipes of beef colombo bourguignon style, duck breast with spices, roasted figs with honey and port or lamb tagine with honey and onions.
On the nose the pink wine of Château Mercian. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit.
White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. 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 Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.
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 Mercian.
Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
