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Pioneers of Japanese Wine: Château Mercian Tasting

An evening dedicated to one of Japan’s most pioneering wine estates, Château Mercian.

While Japan is often associated with sake, its modern wine movement has been quietly redefining expectations. Château Mercian stands at the forefront of this shift, producing precise, cool-climate wines from Yamanashi and Nagano, where challenging vineyard conditions reward patience, rigour and meticulous viticulture.

• When - Thursday, 12th March 2026
  Session 1: 6pm - 6:45pm
  Session 2: 7:00pm - 7:45pm
  
  
• Where - Highbury Vintners, N5 1UA
  
  
• How much - £10

Please be aware that this is a standing up format tasting.
Exclusive to attendees: Buy any three of the producer's wines at 15%

The line-up:

• Château Mercian Yamanashi Koshu Sur Lie 2023
  A very bright wine high in acid and with gently aromatic with a slightly lactic note due to time on lees. Think ofMuscadet played on the black keys.
  (£23.50normally, £19.95 with your exclusive discount) 

• Château Mercian Koshu Iwasaki 2023 
  District of the Yamanashi Prefecture, this wine wine boasts citrus aromas of kabosu and yuzu with notes of white flowers, vanilla, almonds and hazelnuts.
  (£28 normally, £23.80 with your exclusive discount)

• Château Mercian Koshu Gris de Gris 2017
  An exceptional expression of Japanese culture, let alone Japanese wine.  Delicate aromas of apricot, candied pear, Darjeeling and dried Rose petals from gentle skin contact,  with subtle vanilla notes derived from 8 months in oak barrels.
  (£22 normally, £18.70with your exclusive discount)
  
  

• Château Mercian Rivalis Left Bank Chardonnay 2021
  Made purely from Chardonnay grown on the clay-rich left bank of the Chikuma River. An impressive Japanese take on white Burgundy, if you will!
  (£52normally, £44.20with your exclusive discount)
  
  
• Château Mercian Muscat Bailey A 2021
  “Muscat Bailey A” is a Japan’s indigenous grape variety born in 1920. A brilliant ruby colour, fresh aromas of red fruits such as raspberries and strawberries, vibrant acidity. We are manifesting the coming of sunny days with this one!
  (£27.50normally, £23.38with your exclusive discount)