Winery Maurice GayValais d'Or Cornalin
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Valais d'Or Cornalin of Winery Maurice Gay in the region of Valais often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
Details and technical informations about Winery Maurice Gay's Valais d'Or Cornalin.
Discover the grape variety: Tchkhaveri
A very old variety that has been cultivated for a very long time in Georgia and that can also be found in Moldavia, ... . - Synonymy: chkhaveri, tchkhvaveli (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Valais d'Or Cornalin from Winery Maurice Gay are 2017, 2016, 2015, 0 and 2018.
Informations about the Winery Maurice Gay
The Winery Maurice Gay is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 49 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: Performance
Quantity of grapes harvested per hectare. In AOC, the average yield is limited on the proposal of the appellation syndicate, validated by the Inao. The use of high-performance plant material (especially clones) and better control of vine diseases have increased yields. This is not without consequences on the quality of the wines (dilution) and on the state of the market (too much wine). We must not over-simplify: low yields are not synonymous with quality, and it is often in years with generous harvests that we find the greatest vintages (1982 and 1986 in Bordeaux, 1996 in Champagne, 1990 and 2005 in Burgundy...).
