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
265 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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4 wines from this cellar
Cave Marcel Baillifard
Marcel Baillifard harvests the grapes with the help of his daughter, Marilou, and entrusts Gilles Carron from Cave du Chavalard with the vinification.
Fully
13 wines from this cellar
Marie-Thérèse Chappaz
In 2022, a sweet white wine from Marie-Thérèse Chappaz, Grain par Grain Petite Arvine Domaine des Claives, scored 100 points on the Robert Parker scale.
St-Pierre-de-Clages
13 wines from this cellar
Simon Maye & Fils
Patiently, since 1948, when Simon Maye founded the winery, Raphaël and his family have perpetuated a true love of wines, the land and grape selection.
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