The Winery Benoît Dorsaz of Valais

Winery Benoît Dorsaz
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 75 of the estates of Valais.
It is located in Valais

The Winery Benoît Dorsaz is one of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Valais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Benoît Dorsaz wines

Looking for the best Winery Benoît Dorsaz wines in Valais among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Benoît Dorsaz wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Benoît Dorsaz wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Benoît Dorsaz

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Benoît Dorsaz

How Winery Benoît Dorsaz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or pork such as recipes of norwegian salmon parmentier, fideuà (paella with pasta and fish) or wild boar bourguignon.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Benoît Dorsaz

On the nose the white wine of Winery Benoît Dorsaz. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, lime or earth and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Benoît Dorsaz

  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Benoît Dorsaz.

  • Petite Arvine
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Viognier

Discovering the wine region of Valais

The Valais is the largest wine region and appellation in Switzerland, responsible for around one third of the country's total wine production. The main Vineyard area covers the southeast-facing slopes of the dramatic Rhône river valley as the glacial waters run southwest between Leuk (Loeche in French) and Fully. The river changes direction at Martigny and then runs northwest to exit the valley and empty into Lac Léman (Lake Geneva). Vineyard area here comes to around 4,800 hectares (11,800 acres) and is generally located on (often steep) slopes and terraces between the flat, fertile, Heavy soils at the bottom of the valley - often given over to fruit production, industry and urban development - and the bare rock of the mountainside that towers above.

The Valais Terroir is one of the world's most dramatic. The valley benefits from its sheltered position below the high alpine peaks, with the most obvious bonus being the fohn wind, which keeps the area unusually Warm and Dry considering its altitude (most vines grow here at between 460 and 760m - 1500-2500ft). The fohn effect is also enjoyed by Ticino, although there, mountain weather systems bring sporadic, heavy rainfall. Vertiginous alpine topography also gives the vines in Valais the advantage of emphasized vineyard orientation and many are planted on steep gradients of up to 90% (42 degrees).

This steepness, although making it markedly harder to manage and harvest the vines, brings the significant benefits of excellent drainage and increased exposure to sunlight. Production is centered around the towns and villages that run aLong the 50km (30 mile) section of the valley from Martigny in the southwest to Leuk, northeast. It is not unusual to see labels mention both variety and town, such as "Amigne de Vétroz" or "Fendant de Sion". This commune-based labelling convention is a reasonably widespread Swiss quirk as most appellations in the country follow broad, cantonal boundaries yet allow the name of the commune (sometimes even cadastral names and "lieu-dits") on the label.

The top red wines of Winery Benoît Dorsaz

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Benoît Dorsaz

How Winery Benoît Dorsaz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of hungarian goulash, veal curry or candied gizzards.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Benoît Dorsaz

On the nose the red wine of Winery Benoît Dorsaz. 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 the red wine of Winery Benoît Dorsaz. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Benoît Dorsaz

  • 2009With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.03/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Benoît Dorsaz.

  • Cornalin
  • Gamay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Merlot
  • Galotta
  • Cabernet Franc

Discover the grape variety: Galotta

Intraspecific cross between ancellotta and gamay à jus blanc obtained in 1981 at the Agroscope Research Station in Pully (Switzerland).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Benoît Dorsaz

Planning a wine route in the of Valais? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Benoît Dorsaz.

Discover the grape variety: Humagne rouge

It is a variety of Valle d'Aosta origin and, like Arvine, it is also found in Italy. In the past, it was cultivated in Savoy and registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list B, under the name of red humagne, but it is not related to white humagne. According to recent genetic analyses, the Swiss variety Cornalin du Valais is its father and Rèze its grandmother. It is also the grandson of the petit rouge d' Aoste.

News about Winery Benoît Dorsaz and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Mutage

The act of adding alcohol to a fresh grape must or to a fermenting must.