Valais

Excellent, vivid reds in smaller quantities; the rare native varieties are scarce but fine.

Very good, concentrated reds, though hail wrote losses into some communes.

Deep, complete reds from a generous, sunlit year; power with poise.

Balanced, aromatic reds that pair ripeness with Alpine lift.

Classic, fragrant Valais reds with good energy and fine tannins.

Generous, sun-filled reds with plush tannins and dark fruit.

A small but superb year: concentrated, polished reds from the vines the frost spared.

A benchmark Valais red year: deep, ripe Cornalin, Humagne Rouge and Syrah with the freshness the altitude always keeps.

A superb white vintage: intense, poised Petite Arvine and classy Fendant, in short supply.

Aromatic, balanced whites; a very good year scarred only locally by hail.

An outstanding white year: ripe, saline Petite Arvine and textured Fendant with drive.

Expressive, poised whites; a quietly excellent Fendant year.

Precise, aromatic whites with lovely tension.

Round, sun-ripened whites; Petite Arvine kept its grapefruit-and-salt cut better than Fendant.

Concentrated, intense whites in painfully small quantity.

Ripe, saline Petite Arvine and generous Fendant from a sunlit, even year.