Top 100 wines of Valais
Discover the top 100 best wines of Valais as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Valais and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Valais
Switzerland's largest vineyard, capital of native grapes. Straight, precise alpine whites: light, floral Chasselas (Fendant), signature Petite Arvine with saline, grapefruit and rhubarb notes, rich, apricoty Amigne, mineral Humagne Blanche. Altitude reds: fine Pinot Noir, crisp Gamay, native Cornalin and Humagne Rouge, spicy and deep. Highly precise alpine age-worthy wines.
5,259 ha on sunny Rhône terraces (Martigny to Loèche, 120 km), dry alpine climate.
Discover the grape variety: Cornalin
Structured, elegant age-worthy reds with a deep ruby robe, fine tannins and an ample palate with fine acidity, showing signature aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry), spices, violet and leather notes. Characteristic alpine profile. Star of the great Valaisan reds, producing age-worthy wines on the sun-drenched slopes of the Swiss Rhône valley. Autochtone black variety of Valais, Switzerland, identical to Rouge du Pays.
Food and wine pairing with a wine of Valais
wines from the region of Valais go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or beef such as recipes of stuffed artichoke, mussels carbonara or empanadas de carne (argentina).
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Valais
On the nose in the region of Valais often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth in the region of Valais is a with a nice freshness.
