2022 ChevernyDomaine du Salvard
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The French on this label reflects the linguistic and cultural overlap of the Italian-French-Swiss border, only fifty miles from Château Feuillet in the stunning Valle d’Aosta. This rosso, made mostly from the local variety called Fumin and a splash of Syrah, is one of northern Italy’s most distinct—and delicious—red wines.
—Tom Wolf
Wine Type: | red |
Vintage: | 2020 |
Bottle Size: | 750mL |
Blend: | 90% Fumin, 10% Syrah |
Appellation: | Valle d’Aosta |
Country: | Italy |
Region: | Valle d’Aosta |
Producer: | Château Feuillet |
Winemaker: | Maurizio Fiorano |
Vineyard: | 10-12 years, 0.5 ha |
Soil: | Sandy, alluvial topsoil, granite bedrock subsoil |
Farming: | Sustainable |
Alcohol: | 13.5% |
Château Feuillet Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta Torrette
Château Feuillet Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta
Château Feuillet Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d’Aosta
Château Feuillet Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta
Château Feuillet Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta
Italy’s smallest region by surface area and by annual production, Valle d’Aosta is also one of its most strikingly beautiful. In the heart of the Alps bordering France and Switzerland, this is a stark landscape dominated by jagged, snow-capped peaks, where tiny terraced vineyard parcels cling to steep, rocky slopes of sand and alluvial deposits. Winemaking here dates back to Roman times, and today a growing number of small-scale producers persist with the heroic kind of viticulture required to brave this extreme terrain.
In the shadow of the Mont Blanc, the Valle d’Aosta runs west to east, providing excellent southern exposure to the vineyards on its northern slopes. In spite of the altitude—these are some of Europe’s highest vineyards—the hot, dry summers provide conditions in which a number of indigenous varieties, along with others of French or Swiss origin, truly thrive. Petite Arvine, Prié Blanc, Petit Rouge, Fumin, and Cornalin are just a few of the grapes responsible for the region’s whites and reds, which range from bright juicy, aromatic, and mineral-driven to powerful and rustic in character.
Château Feuillet represents our first Valle d’Aosta import. With its singular wines from an absolutely breathtaking environment, it is certainly a region to get excited about.
Château Feuillet Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta
Château Feuillet Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta
Château Feuillet Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta Torrette
Château Feuillet Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d'Aosta
Château Feuillet Italy | Valle d’Aosta | Valle d’Aosta
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For the wines that I buy I insist that the winemaker leave them whole, intact. I go into the cellars now and select specific barrels or cuvées, and I request that they be bottled without stripping them with filters or other devices. This means that many of our wines will arrive with a smudge of sediment and will throw a more important deposit as time goes by, It also means the wine will taste better.
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