Petite Arvine Fully-Les Raffos

From Fully, Switzerland (Valais). Masterful in its refinement and balance. Airy on the nose. Collaboration with Pierre-Antoine Crettemand.

Specifications

ABV	13.5
Vinification	Eric selects the optimal harvest date for the grapes. The vinification process starts with the extreme precision of Eric’s fractional pressings, for which he retains here only the press media, the purest juices that he vinifies without débourbage.
Élevage	Eric follows the fermentation and aging by phone and goes to the winery himself every 3 months. The wine is aged in a small wine cave dug into the rock just below the Chateau de Fully. He uses the barrels of his Pouilly-Fuissé Les Crays which he brings from Vergisson, barrels already inoculated with the indigenous yeasts of Vergisson. After a year in barrels, the aging is extended for another 6 months on fine lees in stainless steel vats. Finally he carries out the bottling by gravity without filtration or fining.
Tasting Notes	The Petite Arvine Fully-Les Raffos is masterful in its refinement and balance. It is airy on the nose; one perceives notes of wildflowers and wild mountain herbs. Allowed to breathe, the sensual dimension of the wine asserts itself, with intertwined notes of grape jelly, poached peach or pear, and baked apple, suffused with many spices with Asian accents, between cumin, candied ginger, nutmeg and incense. On the palate, it is both generous, textured, and perfectly defined. Notes of pineapple, caramelized pear, and marmalade, enhanced by a touch of pepper. Fine bitterness reminiscent of green pepper, picholine olive, and cardamom tickle the taste buds on the finish. A full and expressive finish, with good length.