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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Riddes
12 wines from this cellar
Cave du Vieux Pressoir - Michel Reuse
Cave du Vieux Pressoir offers more than 20 kinds of wines and spirits (Williams pear, Luizet apricot, prune and Gravenstein apple).
Veyras
18 wines from this cellar
La Fournaise
Philippe and Joëlle Epiney cultivate 6 hectares in Sierre using gentle and environmentally friendly methods recommended for integrated production.
Savièse
19 wines from this cellar
Domaine Angelus - Famille Fumeaux
Charles-Albert Fumeaux and his family are available for visits to the estate or for tastings.
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