These ancient variety white wines improve with age so we recommend buying the oldest vintage available, especially if the wine is for a tasting.
The joy of ultra-rare grapes is that we can drink them without driving them to extinction. In fact, the more we drink them the more likely they are to be cultivated!
This is a really interesting wine. Light in colour with a fruity nose and a good fruity taste.
I would like to be able to compare it to another, better known grape, but it is quite unlike any other grape!
Try it for the history and the thrill of entering the unknown. Enjoy it for the flavour and winemaking skill.
Wine Details
Style
White, Still, Dry, Single Variety
Winemaker
Chanton Wein
Country
Switzerland
Region
Valais
Features
Unoaked, "Slow Wine", Old Vines, Vegetarian and Vegan
Vineyard
Vispertal, Lalden, Brigerbad
Aged In
Steel
Closure
Natural Cork
Varieties
Lafnetscha
Composition
Lafnetscha 100%
Ripeness
Normal
Winemaking
Spontaneous Yeast, Unfiltered, Low Added Sulphur
Serving Suggestions
Sauerkraut, pot-au-feu, hors d'oeuvres, shrimp, shellfish, cheese and onion cakes, Raclette, and Fondue.
Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
Chanton's Lafnetscha has a light but complex nose of pine forest, linden blossom, bergamot and ripe bananas. On the palate it is quite full-bodied, dry with good concentration of fruit and a fresh lively acidity. It is a very refreshing wine.
More
The Lafnetscha grape is grown exclusively in the Haut Valais. It is believed to be closely related to another indigenous Swiss white grape, the Completer or Blanchier, grown in the Bündner Herrschaft village of Malans in eastern Switzerland. The name Lafnetscha comes from "Laff-nit-scha", a local dialect phrase suggesting this wine should not be drunk too young. Lafnetscha wines do indeed have some ageing potential if correctly made.
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