Petite Arvine
About this grape variety
Petite Arvine is the internationally renowned white Valais wine. It is a delicate grape, sensitive to wind, and it ripens late. As a result it demands the most exposure to sun, but preferably not in overly dry soil.
Arvine gives a complete range of wines, each as exquisite and interesting as the next: the nervy dry version with its aromas of wisteria and grapefruit; the slightly sweet Petite Arvine with notes of rhubarb and the many sweet withered grape wines, often exceptionally concentrated, with very intense aromas of a wide variety of exotic fruits.
Petite Arvine
252 ha out of 4675 ha, or 5.4%
Tasting profile
258 wine producers cultivate this grape variety
Find a cellarAncestry
Orphan grape variety, grandparent of the extremely rare Grosse Arvine
wine cellar(s)
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Fully
12 wines from this cellar
Benoît Dorsaz Viticulteur
This organic winegrower applies the same philosophy in the cellar, allowing the wines to develop the characteristics that best define their vintage.
Chamoson
16 wines from this cellar
Sélection Excelsus
The 7.5-hectare estate is located on the famous Chamoson alluvial cone, where around a dozen grape varieties are grown, some of them in a confidential way.
Chamoson
10 wines from this cellar
McCulloch Wines
Jamie McCulloch was responsible for the first production of Les Deux Cimes wines in 2007 and its iconic twin mountains label.
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