Switzeland

Valais

Valais is Switzerland’s largest wine-growing canton with 4,941 hectares under cultivation.

The vineyards wind westward along the Rhone River through the warm, dry valley. In spectacular steep slopes, valuable autochthonous grape varieties and specialties grow alongside the main varieties Pinot Noir, Chasselas (Fendant), Gamay and Sylvaner (Johannisberg).

With them, Valais has a cornucopia of original, distinctive wines that hold their own with ease in the globalized wine market. They are such fabulous white varieties as Petite Arvine, Amigne, Ermitage (Marsanne Blanche), Heida (Païen or Savagnin) or Humagne Blanche. And with Cornalin and Humagne Rouge, two reds also join the phalanx of these grapes with Valais citizenship, as unique as the Matterhorn.

Near the glaciers still thrive wines with original names, long forgotten names – Lafnetscha, Himbertscha, Gwäss. Whoever deals with them enters the field of archaeology. In addition, the most beautiful noble rot dessert wines of Switzerland are produced in Valais.

Filters & Sorting

Showing all 2 results

Delicious spiced, pear, perfumed with flowers, almost flinty, lovely phenolics, textural and fine, long and even, gentle, flowing, resolved. Savoury. Subtle layered intrigue. Fine acid profile. Bloody fun wine. The last time I had a Chasselas it was from an old planting in Victoria the origin of which I can’t remember. I ended up buying cases of it as a cleanskin for personal consumption. Its memory prompted me to try this wine from the “vineyard in the sky”. From the incredibl
$111
$106ea in any 3+
$101ea in any 6+
Add to cart
More Info

Domaine de Beudon Petite Arvine AOC Valais 2020

White Blend | Valais, Switzeland

Lovely perfume and lift, textural almost Viognier & Traminer-seque. Big slippery oily phenolic texture. Exceptional perfume spice, marzipan, quince and fejoa, jasmine white flowers, great intensity. Very good. Delicacy with intensity and intrigue! A variety rarely seen outside Valais, Switzerland. Its standing demonstrated by attempts from Angelo Gaja and Michel Chapoutier to work with this somewhat belligerent grape to grow. From Valais in Switzerland and one of the world’s
$175
$170ea in any 3+
$165ea in any 6+
Add to cart
More Info