The Winery Olivier Pittet of Fully of Valais

Winery Olivier Pittet - Chimère Blanc
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Valais.
It is located in Fully in the region of Valais

The Winery Olivier Pittet is one of the best wineries to follow in Fully.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Fully to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Olivier Pittet wines

Looking for the best Winery Olivier Pittet wines in Fully among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Olivier Pittet 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 Olivier Pittet wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Olivier Pittet

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Olivier Pittet

How Winery Olivier Pittet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of baked whole salmon, samoussa 3 reunionese cheeses or spinach cannelloni.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Olivier Pittet

  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Olivier Pittet.

  • Pinot Gris
  • Humagne Blanche
  • Arvine
  • Rèze
  • Petite Arvine

Discovering the wine region of Fully

The wine region of Fully is located in the region of Valais of Switzerland. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Chappaz or the Domaine Chappaz produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Fully are Gamay noir, Chasselas and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Fully often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, honey or lime and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, dried fruit or dried apricot.

In the mouth of Fully is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 30 estates and châteaux in the of Fully, producing 136 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Fully go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or beef.

The top red wines of Winery Olivier Pittet

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Olivier Pittet

How Winery Olivier Pittet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of hungarian goulash, roast veal with caramelized carrots or rabbit on the barbecue.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Olivier Pittet.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Rouge de Fully
  • Gamay

Discover the grape variety: Arvine

Arvine blanc is a grape variety that originated in Switzerland. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of vine is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of small size. The white Arvine can be found cultivated in these vineyards: Savoie & Bugey, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, South-West.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Olivier Pittet

Planning a wine route in the of Fully? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Olivier Pittet.

Discover the grape variety: Rèze

Found in Switzerland in the upper Valais where it was used to produce the famous "Vin des glaciers". In France, it is little known except in Savoie and the Jura, although it is listed in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. According to published genetic analyses, it is the grandmother of five grape varieties, including humagne rouge or petit rouge or cornalin d'Aoste; the mother of grosse arvine and the half-sister of freisa. It is also related to the poulsard, the nosiola, the cascarolo bianco, the groppello di revo, ... for more details click here !

News about Winery Olivier Pittet and wines from the region

The Xarel·lo Summit returns

The idea for the summit at this remote locale came from Josep Cusiné of Parés Baltà and Ignasi Segui of Vinyes Singulars as the church sits on a ridge (‘cim’ in Catalan) at 643m in altitude. It has an unparalleled 360-degree view which opens up on the plain of Penedès and out to the Mediterranean Sea, 25km in the distance. Starting in 2015, the first years were friendly, loose affairs and took place inside the church but interest from those in the region (as well with sommeliers and the regional ...

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With climate change becoming an increasingly serious topic for the spirits industry to tackle, so too comes a greater level of awareness amongst consumers that brands should be doing more in relation to the environmental footprints they leave behind globally. Every element, from the cultivation of raw materials, to the composition and distribution of finished glass bottles is now under tighter scrutiny. This year’s Earth Day, a celebration of climate awareness, held on 22 April (founded back in ...

Proposal to grant Rioja Alavesa wineries greater autonomy withdrawn

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The word of the wine: Harsh

Term describing the state of tannins with an astringency that lacks finesse.