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
77 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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Flanthey
23 wines from this cellar
Bagnoud Vins
In 2015, Régis & Simon decided to pool their passion and love for this profession with their father Nicolas by establishing Bagnoud Vins.
Leuk-Susten
17 wines from this cellar
Vin d'Oeuvre
Their common strength lies in the breadth of their individual professional experience, their different interests, as well as in the contrast of their personal traits, which nevertheless harmonize perfectly, just like a good wine.
Salquenen
17 wines from this cellar
Josef Glenz & Töchter
The three siblings are known for their dynamism, energy and innovative spirit. They run the company with an enterprising mindset full of passion.
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