Pinot Noir Selvenen
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Dense, dark ruby-red color. A powerful, complex nose with dark cherry, currant, black pepper, cedar, and eucalyptus. On the palate, ripe, warm fruit, balanced by lively acidity and full-bodied, firm tannins. As is so often the case, the Selvenen is also the most exuberant of our six single-vineyard Pinots in 2024. A wine with a long finish and enormous potential.
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Since 2011, we have been producing our single-vineyard Pinot Noir from the Selvenen vineyard. Half of the grapes come from Swiss Pinot Noir vines planted in 1969, and the other half come from Burgundy Pinot Noir vines planted in 1996. Thanks to its power and spice, Selvenen often surpasses its more ‘renowned’ Pinot Noir siblings.
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Selvenen
This large vineyard in Malans is named after the Romansh word for forest, 'Selva'. We planted 1.7 hectares of Pinot Noir and 30 acres of Chardonnay in our 'forest plot', and these vines are now the oldest we have.
Georg planted the first Pinot Noir vines in our Selvenen vineyard in 1969. A 245 Swiss clone. More than twenty-five years later, we were among the first wineries in the region to plant Burgundy clones 115 and 777 in the stony, limestone- and humus-rich soil of the Selvenen vineyard. Today, these are the oldest Swiss and Burgundy vines we have. Since 2011, we have been producing our Pinot Noir Selvenen from these vines as a single-vineyard wine. Our single-vineyard Chardonnay from Selvenen is an absolute rarity, with just four barriques produced annually from 30 acres of Chardonnay vines.
