Domaine de Beudon Valais (Switzerland) Riesling and Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2020 Wine Seminar The nose is soft and

The nose is soft and alluring

If you've ever spotted an Ott bottle across a restaurant

and built around the table rather than the spotlight

from exactly that vintage

and the Vale da Teja vineyards separated from the Escola by a prominent ridge

Domaine de Beudon Valais (Switzerland) Riesling and Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2020 Wine Seminar The nose is soft andRiesling 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