Merlot
About this grape variety
Merlot is among those varieties that ripen somewhat late. It is grown in virtually all major wine-producing areas, including Valais.
It prefers vine parcels that are not too dry. Its ideal growing conditions are clay soils, often at the base of slopes.
It is a charming wine on its own but when blended with others the body and suaveness it offers are incomparable.
Merlot
145 ha out of 4675 ha, or 3.1%
Tasting profile
172 wine producers cultivate this grape variety
Find a cellarEtymology
From the French word Merle meaning blackbird—a bird which particulary likes berries
wine cellar(s)
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St-Léonard
8 wines from this cellar
Domaine Val’Dingue
The work in the Valdingués vineyards is manual and close to nature, while respecting biodiversity.
Sierre
10 wines from this cellar
Baronnie du CEp K
A dozen wines are offered, ranging from whites to reds, and not forgetting the Rosé de Merlot, all designated as Bio Suisse (organic).
Fully
16 wines from this cellar
Cave Etienne et Raoul Taramarcaz
Etienne Taramarcaz has two favourite wines : Gamay for the reds, an extraordinary bouquet and Arvine for the whites, a noble, full-bodied and virile wine.
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