Malvoisie
About this grape variety
Pinot Gris, like Pinot Blanc, is a genetic mutation of Pinot Noir that changed colour spontaneously.
In Valais its magnificent wines are known as Malvoisie. Like its forebear, Pinot Gris has a compact bunch and is susceptible to disease. Also like Pinot Noir, it prefers the best Valais slopes: the warmest, the best ventilated.
It is nearly always harvested as withered grapes for late harvest wine, sometimes graced with noble rot (Botrytis cinerea). The small number of dry Malvoisie wines (called Pinot Gris in Valais) are wonderful to explore. No matter the type of wine, these wines, which are concentrated, vinous, robust, soft and full, become wonderfully well balanced after some years of cellar aging.
Malvoisie
59.15 ha out of 4675 ha, or 1.26%
Tasting profile
78 wine producers cultivate this grape variety
Find a cellarEtymology
Malvoisie refers to the well-known Italian Malvasia Bianca, which produces high-quality sweet wines, but in Valais it is the name historically used to identify Pinot Gris.
wine cellar(s)
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Savièse
10 wines from this cellar
La Drônoise
Alongside the classic Fendant, Gamay and Dôle, Jacques-Alain Dubuis is particularly proud to offer you his "Les Subtiles d’Aurore" range.
Martigny
22 wines from this cellar
La Cinquième Saison
The whole team, led by Michael Herminjard, with the cooperation of oenologist Maurice Combe and cellar master David Neury, looks forward to your visit.
Varen
24 wines from this cellar
Leyscher Weine GmbH
With a strong family collaboration in the vineyard and at the winery, Leyscher Weine has already received several national and international awards.
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