Domaine de Beudon Valais (Switzerland) Riesling x Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2020 SO20231114 and the Cuvee des Geologues

and the Cuvee des Geologues line shows its rich

A serious bottle that punches well above its Maconnais address

and dark fruit creating striking complexity

Taste: A delightful soft honey with a slight salt-edged barley

From the producer: Michelini i Mufatto are situated at the foot of the Andes in one of the highest elevations of the Uco Valley where the soil contains some of the richest components of calcium carbonate and granite in all of SouthAmerica

Domaine de Beudon Valais (Switzerland) Riesling x Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2020 SO20231114 and the Cuvee des GeologuesRiesling 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