Zahel Gemischter Satz Alte Reben Pet Nat 2024 Valais Vertus is a premier cru

Vertus is a premier cru rather than a grand cru for an unglamorous reason: at 542 hectares it is the largest commune in the Marne

This site may not have the fame of its Graach sibling

certified organic

The estate stays deliberately small at roughly 18 to 21 hectares and tends to give a parcel away when it takes one on

Beneath the lively citrus lies a gentle earthiness of minerality and honey

Zahel Gemischter Satz Alte Reben Pet Nat 2024 Valais Vertus is a premier cruThe Land Gemischter Satz is not a blend in the ordinary sense. The varieties are planted together in one vineyard, in mixed rows, picked in a single pass, and pressed together. Vienna wrote the practice into law as the Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC: at least three white varieties interplanted, no single variety above 50 percent, the third largest at least 10 percent. The tradition is older than the rulebook, and it survives across Austria in old mixed