Château MercianCuvée Akio Hokushin Chardonnay
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Akio Hokushin Chardonnay
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Akio Hokushin Chardonnay
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Akio Hokushin Chardonnay
The Cuvée Akio Hokushin Chardonnay of Château Mercian matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of wild boar stew, codfish aioli or vegan leek and tofu quiche.
Details and technical informations about Château Mercian's Cuvée Akio Hokushin Chardonnay.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Akio Hokushin Chardonnay from Château Mercian are 0, 2017
Informations about the Château Mercian
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.
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 word of the wine: Grafting
A method used since the phylloxera crisis, consisting of fixing a graft of local origin on a rootstock resistant to phylloxera.
