Top 100 wines of Valais - Page 7
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: Humagne rouge
Structured, wild reds with a sustained ruby robe, firm tannins and fresh alpine acidity, with aromas of red fruit (cherry, raspberry), violet, garrigue, spice, dried herbs and characteristic animal notes. Dense palate, fine ageing potential. Star of the great Valais reds on the sun-drenched slopes of the Swiss Rhône (Sierre, Salquenen, Chamoson). Autochthonous Aosta Valley variety, identical to Cornalin d'Aoste in Italy, with no genetic link to Humagne Blanche.
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, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef fillet in a crust, veal colombo or duck breast with black figs.
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Valais
On the nose in the region of Valais often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit. In the mouth in the region of Valais is a with a nice freshness.
