Domaine de Beudon Valais (Switzerland) Riesling x Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2020 SO20231114 Six acres on a knoll

Six acres on a knoll nobody's heard of

Taste: A delightful soft honey with a slight salt-edged barley

Daniel first saw this vineyard in 1976 with his major professor

Fidele means faithful

and the Cuvee des Geologues line shows its rich

Domaine de Beudon Valais (Switzerland) Riesling x Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2020 SO20231114 Six acres on a knollRiesling 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