Malvoisie
About this grape variety
Pinot Gris, like Pinot Blanc, is a genetic mutation of Pinot Noir that changed colour spontaneously.
In Valais its magnificent wines are known as Malvoisie. Like its forebear, Pinot Gris has a compact bunch and is susceptible to disease. Also like Pinot Noir, it prefers the best Valais slopes: the warmest, the best ventilated.
It is nearly always harvested as withered grapes for late harvest wine, sometimes graced with noble rot (Botrytis cinerea). The small number of dry Malvoisie wines (called Pinot Gris in Valais) are wonderful to explore. No matter the type of wine, these wines, which are concentrated, vinous, robust, soft and full, become wonderfully well balanced after some years of cellar aging.
Malvoisie
59.15 ha out of 4675 ha, or 1.26%
Tasting profile
77 wine producers cultivate this grape variety
Find a cellarEtymology
Malvoisie refers to the well-known Italian Malvasia Bianca, which produces high-quality sweet wines, but in Valais it is the name historically used to identify Pinot Gris.
wine cellar(s)
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Savièse
8 wines from this cellar
La Drônoise
Alongside the classic Fendant, Gamay and Dôle, Jacques-Alain Dubuis is particularly proud to offer you his "Les Subtiles d’Aurore" range.
Sierre
25 wines from this cellar
Colline de Daval
La Colline de Daval shares the richness of its local produce, including its wines, by offering unique events or stays at the castel.
Flanthey
20 wines from this cellar
Cave des Oasis
Yves Clivaz-Briguet offers you : 9 white wines, 12 red wines and rosés, 3 sweet wines and 5 'vins désirés' (small bottles).
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