The Winery Denis Mercier is one of the world's great estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Valais to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Denis Mercier wines in Valais among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Denis Mercier 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 Denis Mercier wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Denis Mercier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of poultry, game (deer, venison) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of chicken tagine with olives and potatoes, aiguillettes of duck with auvergne blue cheese or vegetarian lentil burger.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Denis Mercier. 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 Denis Mercier. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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.
How Winery Denis Mercier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of poultry, lean fish or mild and soft cheese such as recipes of clopinettes in field dresses, brazilian moqueca or cannelloni of meat.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Denis Mercier. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, earth or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, non oak or oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Denis Mercier. is a with a nice freshness.
How Winery Denis Mercier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of beef luc lake, escargots à la bordelaise or meatloaf with lovage (perpetual celery).
Between Épernay and Reims, a large limestone massif with varied soils and exposure where pinot noir reigns supreme. Ambonnay, Bouzy, Verzenay, Verzy, etc., are equivalent to the Burgundian Gevrey-Chambertin and Vosne-Romanée. There are also great Chardonnays, which are rarer (Mailly, Marmery, Trépail, Villers).
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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.
