Diolinoir

About this grape variety

It is a plant of medium vigour, with good resistance to disease and rot. It ripens during the same period as most Pinots and Gamay.

Information

  • Nose

    Supple, fruity nose

  • Palate

    Its wines are rich in colour, lively, and in mouth they have tight tannins that make them good wines for aging, with cherry and black fruit notes.

  • Origin

    This is a Swiss grape variety created in 1970, the result of a cross between Pinot Noir and Rouge de Diolly, also known as Robin Noir, introduced into Valais in the 1920s.

Diolinoir

100.7 ha out of 4675 ha, or 2.15%

Tasting profile

Fruity

Floral

Full

Fresh

Semi-sweet

Rich

Not sweet

114 wine producers cultivate this grape variety

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wine cellar(s)

Taste this grape variety

Sion

6 wines from this cellar

Domaine Julien Guillon

This young winegrower realised his childhood dream : taking over hectares of vines in Valais, to produce natural wines biodynamically and to cellar them.

St-Léonard

23 wines from this cellar

Antoine et Christophe Bétrisey - Artisans du vin

As true craft creators of the vine and of wine, these winemakers cultivate and produce the grapes from 15 hectares of vines in symbiosis with nature.

Chamoson

21 wines from this cellar

Sélection Comby

As winegrowers, the Comby family only has their priority : Valais specialities and the creation of new blends of white or red grape varieties.

Your tasting profile

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apricots, citrus fruits, exotic or red fruits, almonds, etc.Fruity

violet, elder, lime, rose, etc.Floral

low in alcohol, low in tanninsLight

Medium-bodied

intense alcohol, acidity and aromasFull

dominated by acid, which gives the wine a fresh appearanceCrisp

Fresh

without acidity, round, smoothSoft

no residual sugarDry

Semi-sweet

mellow wine, fairly supple, fleshyRich

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