Petite Arvine
About this grape variety
Petite Arvine is the internationally renowned white Valais wine. It is a delicate grape, sensitive to wind, and it ripens late. As a result it demands the most exposure to sun, but preferably not in overly dry soil.
Arvine gives a complete range of wines, each as exquisite and interesting as the next: the nervy dry version with its aromas of wisteria and grapefruit; the slightly sweet Petite Arvine with notes of rhubarb and the many sweet withered grape wines, often exceptionally concentrated, with very intense aromas of a wide variety of exotic fruits.
Petite Arvine
252 ha out of 4675 ha, or 5.4%
Tasting profile
261 wine producers cultivate this grape variety
Find a cellarAncestry
Orphan grape variety, grandparent of the extremely rare Grosse Arvine
wine cellars
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Chamoson
16 wines from this cellar
Sélection Excelsus
The 7.5-hectare estate is located on the famous Chamoson alluvial cone, where around a dozen grape varieties are grown, some of them in a confidential way.
Grimisuat
15 wines from this cellar
Gillioz Marie-Bernard
The estate has grown to reach its 3 hectares. The operation has been converting to organic farming since 2020 in order to obtain the Bio Suisse label.
Conthey
12 wines from this cellar
Cave La Colombe
With the aim of creating expressive, lively wines with character, Grégoire Dessimoz works the estate without the use of synthetic phytosanitary products.
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