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In 2021, Matthias Orsett finally found a place to set out on his own. If I were getting ready to plant some vines, I too would be compelled to settle in the sun-soaked slopes of the Valais in the Rhône River valley.
Matthias got his start with the likes of Jura's Houillon and Overnoy, no doubt taking their unmistakable penchant for low-extraction reds and resonant whites into his own practice. Each of Matthias' wines are bottled as single site and single varietal — alas, there are always too few of them to go around.
While the alpine climate of Valais welcomes those Jura varietals, Matthias challenges those who encounter his wines to give just as much care to the Swiss grapes, too. (See: Gamaret and Garanoir).
Would be remiss not to mention: he DJs, too.
-Alexya
Region: Valais
Grape: Gamaret (sibling of Garanoir, created in Switzerland in the 1970’s, a crossbreed of Gamay and Reichensteiner created for it’s high resistance to gray rot)
Vineyard: in Fully, altitude 460m
Soil: loam
Farming: organic practices
Harvest: by hand
Winemaking: infusion style red, direct press blended with 7 day maceration (50/50)
Aging: in tank
Fining: none
Filtration: none
Added S02: none
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