Switzerland
Grain Pinot "Charrat" - 2020 - Marie Thérèse Chappaz
Marie-Thérèse Chappaz
A nose with notes of black cherry, liquorice, and pepper... Palate: a tight and precise Pinot, with serious body and sustained tannins. A wine of great ageing potential – put it in your cellar!
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Valais A.O.C
- Degree of alcohol
- 14.1 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2028
- rock’n’roll
A 100% Pinot Noir cuvée from vines aged 20 to 35 years old, farmed biodynamically and planted on the Charrat hillside on the left bank (limestone scree). Handpicked with small crates. Vinification: the grapes are 100% destemmed, macerated for 14 days, with indigenous yeasts, and 6 months of maturation in oak barrels that have seen several wines. A light filtration at bottling, and a micro dose of sulphur.
Marie Thérèse Chappaz
Marie-Thérèse Chappaz – a pure, sincere, natural soul. Today a torchbearer for biodynamic viticulture, she has been vinifying on her 10-hectare estate in the canton of Valais, in Fully, since 1987. It’s a family estate, formerly run by her great-uncle, Maurice Troillet, who was a former President of the Valais Conseil d'état. A few of the estate’s cuvées even carry his name. Today, Chappaz is...
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