La Perle du Valais, Fendant
White wine | Domaine du Mont d’Or, Fendant du Valais AOC
Fendant “La Perle du Valais” offers a beautiful expression of the grape variety with a lively and fresh attack, as well as a slight sparkle. This is THE ideal wine to accompany a Valais plate or raclette!
- Switzerland Valais
- Chasselas
- 2 - 5 years
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Light, pale yellow with lime highlights.
Fine and elegant, with subtle mineral notes.
With a lively and fresh attack, with a slight sparkle, a nutty character and a nice minerality on the finish.
Leaning against a hill, the terraced vines rub shoulders with typical Mediterranean vegetation. The Crête des Maladaires located to the south of the Domaine gives it a particular microclimate. The light soil consists of sandy calschists.
Aged in stainless steel vats.
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Domaine du Mont d’Or
Mont d'Or is the oldest wine estate in Valais. He is also known for having introduced Sylvaner to Switzerland, renamed Johannisberg and becoming his favorite grape variety. The certified organic terraced vines are located south of the Montorge nature reserve, near Sion. Since the creation of the estate in the 19th century, its wines have regularly been praised by critics.