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
259 wine producers cultivate this grape variety
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Orphan grape variety, grandparent of the extremely rare Grosse Arvine
wine cellar(s)
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Fully
17 wines from this cellar
La Rodozine
If Eddy Rossier confesses a preference for the Petite Arvine and the Gamay, Nathalie recommends her favourite, the Pinot Blanc.
Bramois
15 wines from this cellar
Christophe Jacquod
The 3.7-hectare estate is located mainly in the municipality of Sion (for the red grapes) and on the slopes of St-Léonard (for the white grapes).
St-Pierre-de-Clages
19 wines from this cellar
Cave Ardévaz - Famille Boven
More than 20 grape varieties are used here to produce 28 different wines, with specialities such as Johannisberg, Petite Arvine, Païen, Merlot and Syrah.
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