Switzerland · Fermentation craft; Viticulture; Valais heritage
Fendant du Valais — Viticulture Valaisanne
The Fendant wine making tradition of Valais — the Valaisanne name for Chasselas grown on the extremely steep, sun-exposed valley slopes of the Rhône Valley above Sion and Sierre, where the same grape variety documented for Lavaux (CRAFT-1285) produces a distinctly different wine character under the continental Alpine climate. The vigneron reads the correct harvest moment through the same textural berry tasting as Lavaux but with a different mineral target — Valais Fendant reads for a warm, almost smoky mineral note rather than the lacustrine freshness of Lavaux.
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