Top 100 wines of Valais - Page 5
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: Merlot
Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.
Food and wine pairing with a wine of Valais
wines from the region of Valais go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of adapted vietnamese fondue, sauté of lamb or chicken with rice for cookeo robot.
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Valais
On the nose in the region of Valais often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit. In the mouth in the region of Valais is a with a nice freshness.
