Château MercianCuvée Alkio Nagano Pinot Noir
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or veal.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cuvée Alkio Nagano Pinot Noir of Château Mercian in the region of Nagano-ken often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Alkio Nagano Pinot Noir
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Alkio Nagano Pinot Noir
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Alkio Nagano Pinot Noir
The Cuvée Alkio Nagano Pinot Noir of Château Mercian matches generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chicken supreme with morels, ham and cheese macaroni gratin or venison leg in casserole.
Details and technical informations about Château Mercian's Cuvée Alkio Nagano Pinot Noir.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Alkio Nagano Pinot Noir from Château Mercian are 2016, 2014, 0, 2015
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 Nagano-ken to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Nagano-ken
Alpine wine prefecture of central Japan (Honshu), the 2nd national region, high-altitude vineyards (600-900 m). Signature Merlot of Kikyogahara: supple, precise reds with signature notes of plum, cherry, sweet herbs, cedar and a cocoa touch, round tannins and elegant freshness — rivalling the Bordeaux wines. Renowned broad, mineral Chardonnay, fine and silky Pinot Noir. Also historic hybrid grapes (Concord, Niagara).
The word of the wine: Eye
In tasting, this is the first phase of the analysis of the wine, which consists of describing its visual aspect (colour, intensity, clarity, brilliance and possible defects).
