Maison GilliardHeida Paien
White wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Heida Paien of Maison Gilliard in the region of Valais often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio.
Details and technical informations about Maison Gilliard's Heida Paien.
Discover the grape variety: Mireille
A cross between Italia and Perle de Csaba, registered in 1972 in the Official Catalogue of cultivated table grape varieties, list A1. Mireille has been very little propagated and is therefore almost unknown in France and abroad. - Synonymy: no known synonyms (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Heida Paien from Maison Gilliard are 2013, 2015, 0, 2014 and 2012.
Informations about the Maison Gilliard
The Maison Gilliard is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 109 wines for sale in the of Valais to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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 word of the wine: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
