Vieux Cachet, Cornalin
Red wine | Domaine du Mont d’Or, Valais AOC
This Cornalin is one of the flagships of Domaine de Mont d'Or. A wine full of Valais sunshine, with a full-bodied character and great fullness. The aromas of pepper and morello cherry are balanced with great ease.
- Switzerland Valais
- Cornalin
- 2 - 10 years
- 13.50% vol.
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Intense black cherry red.
Affirmed with typical notes of red fruits with a dominance of morello cherries.
Generous in aromas of berries and with solid tannins and a finish with a tobacco note.
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.
Alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel vats, aging in wooden vases.
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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.