The Winery La Crettaz of Valais

The Winery La Crettaz is one of the best wineries to follow in Valais.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Valais to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery La Crettaz wines in Valais among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery La Crettaz 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 La Crettaz wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery La Crettaz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
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.
How Winery La Crettaz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of meat and goat pie, cutlets with portuguese sauce or duck stew with cahors wine.
Structured, original whites with a golden robe, ample palate and fresh alpine acidity, showing aromas of yellow fruits (pear, quince), candied citrus, linden, honey, white flowers and mineral notes with a slightly bitter finish. Reputed tonic, once given to new mothers. Discreet star of the Valais hillsides (Sierre, Sion, Conthey). Autochthonous Valais variety, one of Switzerland's oldest (recorded since the 14th century), with no link to humagne rouge.
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Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.