Wines
With their unique origins in terms of terroir, climate, and grape diversity, the wines of Domaine Chappaz reflect Marie-Thérèse’s approach to the environment and her passionate quest for authenticity and quality.
Her respect for nature manifests in biodynamics, a gentle agricultural method that acknowledges the close relationship between the vine and the cosmos. With the aim of excellence, Marie-Thérèse patiently and humbly seeks to create wines that fully represent their respective terroirs.
Vinification is as natural as possible at every stage, using only indigenous yeasts and a minimum of outside inputs, to produce a sensory experience that is worthy of this region that she so cherishes.
Fendant
Fendant La Liaudisaz 2020
Varietal : Chasselas
Vineyard of origin : Fully La Liaudisaz
Description: Friendly and aperitif wine from Muscat terroirs
Tasting note: It starts out with notes of cumin, pear and mirabelle plum, followed by quince and apricot blossoms. Its mouth is pretty, round and suave. He is a unifying and friendly "fendant".
Recommended pairings: Perfect for all aperitifs, to accompany a fish from the lake cooked in all simplicity, a summer salad or marinated mussels.
Serving temperature: 6-8°C
Ageing: up to 5 years
Fendant Coteaux de Plamont 2020
Varietal : Chasselas
Vineyard of origin : Fully Plamont
Description: Plot wine from a gently sloping loess on granite terroir located at an altitude of 650 meters
Tasting note: More reserved, more individual, it is expressed by touches of flint, hot stones, vine shoot, orange zest and apricot kernels. Its smoky notes and its mouth with aromas of balsa wood, its lemony side give it a slight bitterness and a nice minerality. Lighter in alcohol than the previous vintage, it has very good drinkability.
Recommended pairings: With a slice of swordfish on a bed of spinach and also with good fish from the lake.
Serving temperature: 6-8°C
Ageing: up to 5 years
Completer
Completer 2019
Varietal : Completer
Vineyard of origin : Charrat Champ Dury
Description: Terroir wine on clay-limestone soil
Tasting note: "Small cuvée will become great ...". This vintage allowed us to fill a "feuillette" (114 liters barrel) of this old grape variety from Graubünden. The balance of the wine, both rich and chiseled and its complex aroma exhaling notes of honeysuckle, vine peach, hazelnut and frankincense, today lead us to plant more of this grape on the heights of Charrat. .
Recommended pairings: It will go wonderfully with iodized oysters, served with rye bread spread with semi-salted butter.
Serving temperature: 8°C
Ageing:
Ermitage
Grain Ermitage Président Troillet 2019
Varietal : Ermitage
Vineyard of origin : Fully Les Claives
Tasting note: This wine, already available for tasting and with great potential, expresses itself on toasted notes of quince, cedar, dried apricot, violet, strawberry compote, coriander and acacia honey with the beautiful bitterness of the almond skin. We also find the beginnings of the white truffle, which reveals itself after a few years, with white mushroom, undergrowth, humus and peat. An exceptional wine with great length in the mouth.
Recommended pairings: It will go wonderfully with a blue lobster and its herb butter.
Serving temperature: 8-10°C
Ageing: 3-50 years
White Blend
Assemblage Blanc sec Muscat et Sylvaner 2019
Varietals : Chasselas, Sylvaner
Vineyards of origin : several different vineyard plots
Tasting note: This unique blend will not leave you indifferent. The typical Muscat nose, fresh and subtle, lets out aromas of rose, lychee or dried apricots reminiscent of elegant Rhone Viogniers. Sylvaner gives the palate richness and fullness, synonymous with concentration.
Recommended pairings: A wine that will whet your appetite and go easily with tuna or mackerel sashimi.
Serving temperature: 8°C
Ageing: 2-8 years
Grain Cinq 2019
Varietals : Ermitage, Païen, Petite Arvine, Pinot Blanc, Sylvaner
Vineyards of origin : Fully Combe d'Enfer, Fully Les Claives
Description: Granite terroir wine expressed by 5 varietals
Tasting note: It is the subtle and complex expression of the world of flowers. We are in the air, elegance, freshness. This Grain Cinq 2019 wonderfully reveals the complex and vertical granite terroir of the Claives, with touches of lemon, yuzu and bergamot.
Recommended pairings: We would enjoy it with a sea bream ceviche.
Serving temperature: 8°C
Ageing: 2-8 years
Rosé
Rosé des Copains 2020
Varietals : Merlot, Pinot Noir
Vineyards of origin : several different vineyard plots
Description: Pinot and Gamay in direct pressing
Tasting note: With its salmon color, this "terrace" rosé expresses itself on a delicious nose of anise, liquorice and wild strawberries. A wine for friends, aperitif and conviviality, with the greediness of grenadine and the identity of rosehip flower.
Recommended pairings: For an aperitif in the shade of a terrace, with tapas or seafood.
Serving temperature: 8°C
Ageing: 4 years
Grain Rosé 2019
Varietals : Merlot, Pinot Noir
Vineyards of origin : several different vineyard plots
Description: Rosé wine of long Pinot and Gamay maceration with 18 months aging in barrels
Tasting note: A coppery pink that almost draws on red gold, this maceration and barrel aging rosé is expressed by a nose of red fruits, heather, lingonberries, rhododendron and tobacco.
Recommended pairings: Its full, suave, smoky palate with hints of leather deserves to accompany dishes such as raw ham or chorizo from the Alcala brothers in Vaumarcus or with lamb chops.
Serving temperature: 8°C
Ageing: 4 years
Pinot Gris
Pinot Gris Nature 2019
Varietal : Pinot Gris
Vineyard of origin : Saillon Champ des Pierres
Description: Maceration wine on granite terroir in Saillon vinified and bottled without sulphites
Tasting note: This Pinot Gris has macerated for more than three weeks, part in whole bunches, another in round grapes. This maceration gave it a beautiful orange color and a note of sour cherries in alcohol, cherries in brandy. A particular wine without added sulphites.
Recommended pairings: Its aromas of garrigue, spices, pepper, thyme, stone fruits, vanilla direct us to a spicy cuisine from North India.
Serving temperature: 8°C
Ageing:
Gamay
Grain Gamay Vieilles Vignes 2020
Varietal : Gamay
Vineyard of origin : Fully Les Claives
Description: Old Gamay vines on granite, Claives terroir
Tasting note: This delicacy Gamay, partially vinified in whole bunch, draws its peppery and cold ash notes from the granite soil of Claives de Fully. Its premium and fiery youth lets burst notes of blackberry and blackcurrant on the palate. The more patient will know how to wait for its powerful tannic structure to settle down somewhat.
Recommended pairings: A parsley ham or a hazelnut goat tart can accompany it.
Serving temperature: 15°C
Ageing:
Pinot Noir
Grain Pinot Les Dahrres 2020
Varietal : Pinot Noir
Vineyard of origin : Chamoson Les Dahrres
Tasting note: A little more colorful than the 2019, this Chamoson terroir is expressed by a gourmet nose with liquorice, strawberries and blueberries. A real wine of pleasure with a fresh and greedy mouth on the raspberry as well as a smoky side which is one of the markers of this terroir.
Recommended pairings: A smooth and coated wine, all in velvet, which will go well with aubergines "à la parmigianna" or an osso bucco and its risotto with saffron from Mund.
Serving temperature: 15°C
Ageing: 3 years
Grain Pinot Chamoson 2020
Varietal : Pinot Noir
Vineyard of origin : Chamoson Champs Les Combes
Tasting note: A very great wine to keep, but which could be drunk now. The dress has a superb shine. The nose reveals depth on dull fruits. The palate is full of freshness on raspberries, blackcurrants, slightly grainy. Aging notes on a new selection of barrels reveal the fruit and support elegant smoky notes. The very low yields of the plot from Combes to Chamoson have allowed us to have a concentrated Pinot Noir.
Recommended pairings: It will ideally accompany eggs in meurette or a rare rib of beef.
Serving temperature: 15°C
Ageing: to be determined
Grain Pinot Les Esserts 2019
Varietal : Pinot Noir
Vineyard of origin : Charrat Les Esserts
Tasting note: With a concentrated, sunny, warm nose, this wine deserves a little aging. The mouth is still closed but the years of aging will soften it. A fresh palate reveals a powerful and structured Pinot Noir with notes of ripe red fruits, undergrowth, elderberry and cedar.
Recommended pairings: This summer, it goes well with black olive fougasse and sundried tomatoes.
Serving temperature: 15°C
Ageing: 3 years
Grain Pinot Charrat 2019
Varietal : Pinot Noir
Vineyards of origin : Charrat Champ Dury, Charrat Les Esserts
Tasting note: The nose is complex and concentrated, opening with notes of tobacco, blueberry and cinnamon. The palate offers a bloody, carnal and suave side. This Pinot Noir, cut for aging, will be fully revealed next Christmas and for several years to come ...
Recommended pairings: Pairing it with a boeuf bourguignon will delight lovers of stewed meats.
Serving temperature: 15°C
Ageing: 1-8 years
Grain Pinot Champ Dury 2019
Varietal : Pinot Noir
Vineyard of origin : Charrat Champ Dury
Tasting note: Our most aerial Left Bank Pinot Noir. The nose is fine and delicate, opening with notes of black cherry and menthol. The light toast on the palate affirms the gourmet side of the cuvée. The most impatient can enjoy it today, but it will improve in the cellar.
Recommended pairings: The charm of pairing with a Parisian entrecote with pepper sauce could work.
Serving temperature: 15°C
Ageing: 10 years
Syrah
Grain Syrah 2019
Varietal : Syrah
Vineyard of origin : Fully Les Claives
Tasting note: A nose with menthol notes sprinkled with vanilla. Then comes the palate, fine and elegant, which lines the palate with spices, pepper in the head, to finish with flavors of cocoa.
Recommended pairings: Raised on granite soils, this sunny and balanced Syrah will accompany a tartare cut with a knife or a fillet of chamois.
Serving temperature: 16-17°C
Ageing: 10 years
Humagne Rouge
Grain Sauvage 2019
Varietal : Humagne Rouge
Vineyard of origin : Fully Planche Billon
Tasting note: This magnificent terroir of Humagne Rouge "Planche Billon", which overlooks the Combe d'Enfer, is rich in biodiversity and you can feel it in the glass. Very good potential with the humid forest, slightly ashy tobacco and notes of red fruits crunchy which gives it generosity and a smoothness in the end.
Recommended pairings: This friendly wine, with the beautiful identity of the grape variety, will delight you with a medallion of deer with chanterelles.
Serving temperature: 15°C
Ageing: 10 years
Red Blend
Ma Puinée 2019
Varietals : Gamay, Pinot Noir
Vineyards of origin : several different vineyard plots
Tasting note: A firm and concentrated palate that gives the feeling of crunching to the full in an assortment of red fruits, raspberry in the lead. The nose is greedy with its notes of gentian and sour cherry pits.
Recommended pairings: It is an aperitif wine, immediately accessible and which calls for cheese puff pastry.
Serving temperature: 15°C
Ageing: 5 years
Dôle La Liaudisaz 2020
Varietals : Gamay, Pinot Noir
Vineyards of origin : several different vineyard plots
Tasting note: Blueberries, sweet spices, musk, strawberries in a cauldron, cherry jam are the first sensations in the mouth; the nose remains greedy and fruity.
Recommended pairings: Best served with a nice plate of cold meats or a slice of grilled veal.
Serving temperature: 15°C
Ageing: 10 years
Petit Nature 2020
Varietals : Gamaret, Gamay, Pinot Noir
Vineyards of origin : several different vineyard plots
Tasting note: No added sulphites. Very nice free and lively nose with scents of small red fruits and wild flowers. Its mouth with primary aromas close to fresh grapes invigorates us and its 8-month aging in an old barrel has rounded out its tannins and gently attenuated its natural pearl.
Recommended pairings: This small format of 2dl is ideal for the picnic.
Serving temperature: 15°C
Ageing: To be determined
Grain Nature Champ Dury 2020
Varietals : Gamay, Pinot Noir
Vineyard of origin : Charrat Champ Dury
Tasting note: This wine without added sulphites is already free and blooming. The nose, solar and concentrated, is a basket of ripe and delicious red fruits. Aging in barrels of several wines complicates this aromatic panel, bringing subtle woody notes already integrated into the fruitiness.
Recommended pairings: Accompanied by a Basque piperade, the explosion of flavors will be waiting for you.
Serving temperature: 15°C
La Petite Grange 2019
Varietals : Cabernet Franc, Diolinoir, Gallota, Gamaret, Gamay, Pinot Noir
Vineyards of origin : several different vineyard plots
Tasting note: This is probably the most southerly wine in the range. The nose of garrigue, cocoa and blackcurrant literally transports us to the Mediterranean regions. However, the blend of these five grape varieties offers incredible freshness on the palate. This cuvée, on this vintage, inevitably takes off.
Recommended pairings: A wine inviting for generous and convivial barbecues.
Serving temperature: 16°C
Ageing: Ready to drink it can age for several more years.
Grain Mariage 2019
Varietals : Cornalin, Humagne Rouge
Vineyard of origin : Leytron Champs Longs
Tasting note: Fairly tight, this wine built around the Humagne Rouge and Cornalin grape varieties, at the foot of the Ardevaz in Leytron, presents even more density, elegance and harmony than the Grain Mariage 2018. It requires a bit of time to savor it fully.
Recommended pairings: On kirsch, smoky, bloody notes with a tannic and structured final note, this wine can be enjoyed with a tagine of prunes and almonds.
Serving temperature: 16°C
Ageing: 5 years
Grain Noir La Liaudisaz 2019
Varietals : Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
Vineyard of origin : Fully La Liaudisaz
Tasting note: Ripe pepper, tapenade, cedar, black pepper, peony ... so many aromas to enhance this blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc which is powerful on the palate, without forgetting to be silky. Time is his ally.
Recommended pairings: To marry with meat in sauce or Valais hunting.
Serving temperature: 17-18°C
Ageing: 10-15 years
Sweet Wines
Grain Noble Petite Arvine, Marsanne, Malvoisie 2018
Varietals : Ermitage, Malvoisie, Petite Arvine
Vineyard of origin : Fully Les Claives
Tasting note: A particular vintage by the blend of 3 grape varieties with a majority of Ermitage, Petite Arvine and a hint of Malvoisie and its withered side and without botrytis. The nose is a journey in itself, the quince, pineapple, raspberry liqueur. A beautifully balanced palate, finely toasted, with almonds, currants and honey.
Recommended pairings: With a Bresse chicken with spices and dried fruits or a rum baba with pineapple or to taste alone, by the fire.
Serving temperature: 8°C
Ageing: 20 years