The Winery Mercían of Yamanashi-ken

Winery Mercían
The winery offers 39 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 2.6.
It is ranked in the top 1428 of the estates of Yamanashi-ken.
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Winery Mercían is one of the best wineries to follow in Yamanashi-ken.. It offers 39 wines for sale in of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mercían wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Mercían

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Mercían

How Winery Mercían wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef in white wine, merguez with lentils or braised chicken and plantains.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Mercían

  • 2017With an average score of 2.79/5
  • 2018With an average score of 2.29/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Mercían.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Tempranillo

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 sparkling wines of Winery Mercían

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Mercían

How Winery Mercían wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo

The black Tempranillo is a grape variety native to Spain. 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 medium-sized bunches and medium-sized grapes. The black Tempranillo can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top pink wines of Winery Mercían

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Mercían

How Winery Mercían wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Mercían

  • 2017With an average score of 2.40/5

The word of the wine: Vegetative cycle

All the different phases of the vine's development: winter rest period, budburst, inflorescence, flowering, fruit set, veraison, ripening.

The top white wines of Winery Mercían

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Mercían

How Winery Mercían wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of steamed pork chops, salmon and spinach lasagna or mahi mahi curry with coconut milk.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Mercían

  • 2017With an average score of 2.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Mercían.

  • Riesling
  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Mercían

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 Winery Mercían.

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.

News about Winery Mercían and wines from the region

An overview of Mâcon plus a geographical denomination appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey of this vineyard where the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation are produced. A unique journey to discover this region where the Romanesque churches punctuate the landscape and are the witnesses of the link between the vines and Christiannity. Cluny is the gatekeeper. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vin ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Vinzelles

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Vinzelles, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

An overview of Saint-Véran appellation

Let’s have a look at Saint-Véran vineyard and discover the magnificent and very diverse landscapes of this appellation situated in the South of Bourgogne. Saint-Véran is one of the 5 Village appellations with Pouilly-Fuissé, Pouilly-Vinzelles, Pouilly-Loché and Viré-Clessé. Like them, it produces only white wines from the Chardonnay grape. What makes it special is that the vineyard is cut in two dinstinct parts by the vineyard of Pouilly-Fuissé. As anywhere else in the vineyard in Bourgogn ...

The word of the wine: Vegetative cycle

All the different phases of the vine's development: winter rest period, budburst, inflorescence, flowering, fruit set, veraison, ripening.