The Cave des Amandiers of Valais

Cave des Amandiers
The winery offers 28 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 348 of the estates of Valais.
It is located in Valais

The Cave des Amandiers is one of the best wineries to follow in Valais.. It offers 28 wines for sale in of Valais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Cave des Amandiers wines

Looking for the best Cave des Amandiers wines in Valais among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Cave des Amandiers 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 Cave des Amandiers wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Cave des Amandiers

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Cave des Amandiers

How Cave des Amandiers wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of poultry, lean fish or mild and soft cheese such as recipes of chicken colombo (west indies), kedgeree or surprising chicken breasts.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Cave des Amandiers

On the nose the white wine of Cave des Amandiers. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Cave des Amandiers. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Cave des Amandiers

  • 2012With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Cave des Amandiers.

  • Petite Arvine
  • Savagnin

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 Cave des Amandiers

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Cave des Amandiers

How Cave des Amandiers wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef goulash, tajine of beef balls and merguez or pizza with peppers and spicy chicken.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Cave des Amandiers

On the nose the red wine of Cave des Amandiers. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, earth. In the mouth the red wine of Cave des Amandiers. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Cave des Amandiers

  • 2015With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.67/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Cave des Amandiers.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cornalin
  • Gamay
  • Humagne Rouge
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Diolinoir

Discover the grape variety: Diolinoir

Intraspecific cross between robin noir and pinot noir obtained in 1970 by André Jacquinet of the Swiss Federal Research Station Agroscope Changins-Wadenswil (Switzerland).

The top pink wines of Cave des Amandiers

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Cave des Amandiers

How Cave des Amandiers wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Mou

Said of a wine unbalanced by its lack of acidity.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Cave des Amandiers

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 Cave des Amandiers.

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 Cave des Amandiers and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Top DWWA award-winning wines on show at Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

At the 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards, the world’s largest wine competition saw its biggest year to date, with 18,094 wines tasted from 56 countries. Over 15 consecutive days in June 2021, almost 170 expert wine judges, including 44 Masters of Wine and 11 Master Sommeliers, awarded 50 Best in Show, 179 Platinum, 635 Gold, 5,607 Silver and 8,332 Bronze medals. Join Decanter at our Fine Wine Encounter NYC this June, where you will have the opportunity to sample 23 of these top awarded Gold, Plati ...

The word of the wine: Mou

Said of a wine unbalanced by its lack of acidity.