Formerly a sommelier, I took over this plot out of a passion for natural wine and the Alpine hillsides.
The vineyard is made up of two plots in the places called "Sur La Rivaz" and "Les Terreaux", on the western slopes of Villeneuve, in the Haut-Lac region, very close to Château de Chillon. Most of the grape varieties are old Chasselas vines, a traditional grape variety from the Lake Geneva region, and I have the chance to cultivate a diversity of different grape varieties, with Pinot Gris, Malbec, Merlot, Chardonnay, Dornfelder, Gamaret, Garanoir and Pinot Meunier.
Around 1ha of vines on a hillside, at an altitude of 550 meters, facing South-West, facing Lake Geneva and its unique natural island where a tree stands, the planting of which remains mysterious.
The vines are located under the "Rochers de Naye", a mountain in the Vaudois pre-Alps composed mainly of limestone rocks, culminating at an altitude of 2042 meters. The soils are clay-limestone-siliceous with moraines from the last glaciation of the Rhône.
The vines are grown without synthetic products. No chemical weedkillers are used. The grass is maintained as much as possible in order to promote biodiversity, maintain living soils and the development of mycorrhizae. The only treatments carried out are sulfur and copper sprays in order to prevent and protect the vines from possible cryptogamic diseases. All work in the vineyard is carried out by hand and the harvest is done in small boxes.
The wines are vinified without any inputs or added sulphites, without fining or filtration. All wines are classified as VDP - Vin de Pays Suisse, for reasons of legislative freedom.

Information

Domain Name:
La Riva
Winemaker's Name:
Benjamin Dupas
Country:
Switzerland
Region:
Vaud
Appellations:
VDP, Vin, Produit Suisse
Farming:
Organic (BioInspecta)
Grape varieties:
Malbec, Merlot, Chardonnay, Chasselas, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Dornfelder, Gamaret, Garanoir, Chasselas (sur Lie.s.x de Malbec, Garanoir), Chasselas (Infusé Marc de Malbec)

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Anciennement sommelier, j'ai repris cette parcelle par passion pour le vin naturel et les coteaux alpins .
Le vignoble se compose de deux parcelles sur les lieux-dits "Sur La Rivaz" et "Les Terreaux", sur les coteaux ouest de Villeneuve, dans la r&eacute;gion du Haut-Lac, tout pr&egrave;s du Ch&acirc;teau de Chillon. La majeure partie de l'enc&eacute;pagement sont des vieilles vignes de Chasselas, c&eacute;page traditionnel du bassin l&eacute;manique, et j'ai la chance de cultiver une diversit&eacute; de c&eacute;pages diff&eacute;rents, avec le Pinot Gris, Malbec, Merlot, Chardonnay, Dornfelder, Gamaret, Garanoir et Pinot Meunier.
Environ 1ha de vignes sur coteau , &agrave; 550 m&egrave;tres d'altitude, expos&eacute; Sud-Ouest, face au L&eacute;man et &agrave; son unique &icirc;le naturelle o&ugrave; tr&ocirc;ne un arbre dont la plantation reste myst&eacute;rieuse.
Les vignes se trouvent sous les "Rochers de Naye", montagne des pr&eacute;alpes vaudoises compos&eacute;e essentiellement de roches calcaires, culminant &agrave; 2042 m&egrave;tres d'altitude. Les sols sont argilo-calcaire-siliceux avec des moraines issues de la derni&egrave;re glaciation du Rh&ocirc;ne.
Les vignes sont cultiv&eacute;es sans produits de synth&egrave;se. Aucun d&eacute;sherbant chimique n'est utilis&eacute;. L'herbe est maintenue le plus possible afin de favoriser la biodiversit&eacute;, maintenir des sols vivants et le d&eacute;veloppement des mycorhizes. Les seuls traitements effectu&eacute;s sont des pulv&eacute;risations de soufre et cuivre afin de pr&eacute;venir et prot&eacute;ger les vignes d'&eacute;ventuelles maladies cryptogamiques. Tous les travaux de la vigne sont effectu&eacute;s &agrave; la main et les vendanges se font en petites caissettes .
Les vins sont vinifi&eacute;s sans intrants, ni sulfites ajout&eacute;s, sans collage ni filtration . Tous les vins sont class&eacute;s en VDP - Vin de Pays Suisse , pour des raisons de libert&eacute;s l&eacute;gislatives.

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