2017 Marie-Thérèse Chappaz Grain Arvine de Fully

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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  12/11/2023 - vinum bonum wrote: 91 Points

  A l'ouverture, le nez est frais, sur la pêche blanche, puis après aération devient plus typé marsanne. La bouche est assez costaud, construite sur l’amertume plus que sur l’acidité, à la manière d’un chignin bergeron, mais de la fraîcheur équilibre l’ensemble quand même. Assez classieux, et en mangeant il est super. Certes on sent l'alcool, mais c'est super équilibré. Beau vin.

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  4/4/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 87 Points

  New-world: My contribution, not exactly new-world but interesting enough. A very large-scaled wine that had fruit that was a little too tropical without sufficient acidity. Too dense and over the top for me despite some salinity being present.

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  3/1/2023 - Tallhoyalawya Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Light golden yellow barley oxidized over time. Not too sweet and lasted a full week. Great in broth for mussels and pepper butter.

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  11/15/2021 - forceberry wrote: 91 Points

  100% Petite Arvine from the Coteaux des Épalins, Les Claives and Les Seilles vineyards. Fermented spontaneously. 14,5% alcohol.
  
  Intense, concentrated neon yellow-green color. Concentrated, somewhat evolved and quite seductive nose of beeswax, honeydew melon, some apple jam, light perfumed floral tones of orchard flowers, mineral hints of wet stones and a zesty, grapefruit-driven touch of citrus fruits. The wine is broad, concentrated and slightly oily on the palate with a full body and intense flavors of acacia honey, pear jam, some slightly sauvage waxy notes, a little bit of wizened apricots, light phenolic notes of subtly bitter spices, a hint of apple sauce and a touch of cool, stony minerality. The wine shows tremendous intensity and staying power with some obvious tactile feel and sense weight. Although the rather soft medium-plus acidity doesn't lend that much freshness to the wine, it keeps the wine structured enough to make the wine appear balanced. The finish is rich, oily and somewhat warm due to the rather high alcohol. The wine ends on a long, powerful aftertaste of honeydew melon, sweet apple jam, some waxy funk, a little bit of acacia honey, light beeswaxy notes, a hint of stony minerality and a touch of wizened stone fruits.
  
  A big and remarkably concentrated Petite Arvine with formidable intensity of flavor and depth of taste. This is not a delicate and mineral Petite Arvine made in the traditional "Alpine" style, but instead an exceptionally bold and concentrated powerhouse of a wine that bears more resemblance to the ripe white Rhônes or Timorassos of Piedmont. Although the wine isn't particularly high in acidity, it doesn't come across as clumsy or excessively soft at any point. The wine might gain some additional tertiary complexity with some further aging, but it is drinking quite wonderfully already now, so I don't see any further aging necessary. Highly recommended. Drink now or keep.

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  12/8/2020 - peterchoy wrote: 91 Points

  Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of light lemon-green colour, with wide watery rims and legs.
  Nose: Clean, with medium intensity aromas of citrus fruit of grapefruit, green fruit of pear, herbaceous notes of grass, stone fruit of peach, mineral notes of stony and saline, floral notes of acacia, sweet spice of muscat. The wine is youthful.
  Palate: Dry with medium acidity, the wine has high alcohol, with light body and medium (+) intensity flavours of green fruit of pear, citrus fruit of grapefruit, mineral notes of stony, floral notes of acacia, stone fruit of peach. The wine has a medium (+) finish.
  Conclusion: Very good quality Swiss Petite Arvine with a reasonably intense nose showing good complexity, with a wealth of fruity characters, supplemented with rich saline and mineral notes. The wine is robust, with a high level of alcohol but is not discernible, on the palate it is in balance and have good structure, have good concentration in flavors and a fairly long finish. It is ready to drink now and can maintain for another 1-2 years.

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