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 family potluck, roast venison with green pepper sauce or cutlets with portuguese sauce.
On the nose the red wine of Château Mercian. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, tree fruit or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of cherry, raspberry or tropical 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 Mercian wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of sauerkraut (with tips so to do!!!), potato and smoked salmon gratin or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.
On the nose the white wine of Château Mercian. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, pear or oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio, non oak or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Château Mercian. is a .
One of the oldest varieties cultivated in Japan, generally in arbors/pergolas, most often used as a table grape and recently vinified and associated with other varieties. It is a Vitis vinifera also known in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the United States... practically unknown in France.
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 quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese, tuna and cream cheese pie or spinach and goat cheese quiche.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Château Mercian. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, citrus fruit.
An animal odor found in certain reduced or old wines, which are also said to fox, in reference to the fox.
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 tagliata with truffle oil, watercress salad with vitamins or tajine with 2 meats and preserved lemons.
On the nose the pink wine of Château Mercian. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit.
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.
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.
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.
Galicia is the wettest region in all of Spain with average rainfall starting from 800mm in the driest areas all the way up to 2,200mm for those along the Atlantic coast. Given this concern, fungal issues in the vineyards are quite common and viticulture has been adapted accordingly, for example with vines being trained to pergolas or by higher trellising which allows for good air circulation. In addition, the use of antifungal chemical treatments is widespread to contend with issues such as Esca ...
When you have an idea that, in your first flush of inspiration, you think deserves to get beyond the breakfast table, you run straight into the modern dilemma. Is it a Tweet? Is it one for Facebook or Instagram? Should you just try it out on your nearest and dearest, or is there a book in it? A slim volume, or does it need several tomes to expound its profundity? My trade being what it is, and royalties being as modest as they are these days, I’ve rather given up on books. Writing new ones, that ...
I’m fortunate enough to taste a fair amount of fine wine each year and I have come to the conclusion that each of us is forced to build our own stylistic preferences, regardless of the appellation or classification of a wine. Instead of simply choosing a bottle of Bordeaux over Barolo, for example, most of us probably aim to drink each on the right occasion and, in doing so, carve out our individual preferences for these wines. My personal bias – which I must confess, to be fair and transp ...
An animal odor found in certain reduced or old wines, which are also said to fox, in reference to the fox.
