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Rich but taut dark fruit and gripping but finely rendered tannins, this gives high-toned spice and earthy punch alike, with a vibrant dynamism that is very much a signature of Alexandre’s touch.
Sourced from a handful of parcels—some of which are planted to the fabled Serines– in Fully and Leytron, this ferments with 20% whole clusters and spends 18 months in a combination of barriques and demi-muids.
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Since 2008, the Cave des Amandiers has been a unique project in Valais for the creation and rehabilitation of an estate on a mountain vineyard made up of steep and sometimes abandoned terraces.
Most of the vines are located on the gneiss - granite soils - of the commune of Fully, a geological exception and wine gem of Valais. The estate has been completely free of herbicides for several years now.
Sandrine Caloz likes to call Valais “the real Northern Rhône,” and when you taste Alexandre’s syrah bottlings, you may find yourself in agreement. Brooding black currant and raspberry, violet leaf, and a kiss of Dutch cocoa powder with white pepper on the nose, with a burst of glacial acidity and precise tannin on the palate. A little eucalyptus and leather throughout the silky finish. Just spectacular.