Domaine de Beudon Valais (Switzerland) Riesling x Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2020 CACOFFER Rich with a texture like

Rich with a texture like sweet cream and notes of milk chocolate

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and the umami complexity that comes only with age

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Domaine de Beudon Valais (Switzerland) Riesling x Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2020 CACOFFER Rich with a texture likeRiesling x Sylvaner is the Swiss name for Muller Thurgau, a grape with a deservedly grim reputation earned during its long career as Germany's bulk workhorse. Then you drink one from old vines farmed biodynamically at 800 plus meters on a granite ledge in the Valais, and the reputation starts to look unfair. Domaine de Beudon sits above Fully on a mountainside so steep that the only ways up are a private cable car or a three hour hike along a rope