Château Mercian - Aiakane

Château MercianAiakane

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Aiakane of Château Mercian is a red wine from the region of Yamanashi-ken.
This wine generally goes well with beef and game (deer, venison).

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Aiakane of Château Mercian in the region of Yamanashi-ken often reveals types of flavors of oaky, raspberry or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit.

Details and technical informations about Château Mercian's Aiakane.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir 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. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Last vintages of this wine

Aiakane - 2017
In the top 100 of of Yamanashi-ken wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Aiakane - 2016
In the top 100 of of Yamanashi-ken wines
Average rating: 3.111100

The best vintages of Aiakane from Château Mercian are 2017, 2016

Informations about the Château Mercian

The winery offers 105 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is in the top 25 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Yamanashi-ken

The Château Mercian is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 93 wines for sale in the of Yamanashi-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Yamanashi-ken
In the top 200 of of Japan wines
In the top 150 of of Yamanashi-ken wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 300000 wines of the world

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.

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