Heida

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Winemakers: Chanton

Switzerland Valais

Mouth-wateringly fantastic. A taste of summer meadows. This is up there with the very best Valaisan whites you will find.

Winemaker	Chanton Wein
Features	Unoaked, "Slow Wine", Old Vines, Vegetarian and Vegan
Style	White, Still, Dry, Single Variety
Varieties	Alpine Wines Grape Varieties:

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Heida 2010 75cl cl

£40.74

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Not just a museum piece, this is up there with the very best Valaisan whites you will find.

Heida / Traminer / Savagnin / Païen - this is a grape variety you find all over the Alpine regions and further afield. For me it is one of the great white wine varieties, up there with Chardonnay and Riesling, producing great wines on several continents, able to go from sparkling to dessert and with great ageing potential. If you haven't tried the Swiss and Austrian versions, you owe it to yourself to try.

Wine Details

Style	White, Still, Dry, Single Variety
Winemaker	Chanton Wein
Country	Switzerland
Region	Valais
Features	Unoaked, "Slow Wine", Old Vines, Vegetarian and Vegan
AOC	AOC Valais
Vineyard	Visperterminen, Varen
Aged In	Steel
Closure	Natural Cork
Varieties	Traminer / Heida
Composition	Heida 100%
Ripeness	Normal
Winemaking	Spontaneous Yeast, Unfiltered, Low Added Sulphur

Serving Suggestions

Asparagus, exotic spiced vegetables, cheese plates, beef, terrines, mushrooms or fish dishes such as salmon or lobster.

Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes

A pale yellow, the nose has spicy minerals and exotic scents of ripe fruit and acacia honey. On the palate it is rich and expressive with hints of quince, peach and mirabelle, just a hint of residual sweetness, some peppery spice and a subtle acidity. Served chilled, around 6-8°C.

Vintage 2010

lost and found again, this is still a very interesting wine. A bit closed at first, but then a very rich wow nose comes out to play. Dense in fruit (red berries, khaki) and spice and not really showing much age - or perhaps the tertiary notes come out very fruity. Very typical altitude Heida still.

On the palate it is not as wow as the now. Very dry, has lost fruit but remains dense and spicy, though I think the alcohol is a bit noticeable (would be less so if served with food). Still balanced, and very easy to drink

Vintages

2010
Product Code	4112038
Size	75cl
Alcohol	11
mature evolution?	Yes
Case Size	12
Closure	Natural Cork

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Reviews

The name for Chanton's Heida "Gletscherwein" (or Glacier wine) stems from the fact that the grapes used for this wine come from various high terraced sites in the "Valley of the Virgin" which leads from Visp, through Visperterminen, on towards Zermatt and the Matterhorn and grow in sight of the several glaciers in the region. Chanton's first plantings of Heida were made in 1964 and now the average age is well over 35 years.