Domaine de Beudon Valais (Switzerland) Riesling and Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2020 CS20230906 on the island of Kyushu

on the island of Kyushu

Whole-cluster fermented with native yeasts

dry growing season

with jabali's wild herbal streak running underneath the roasted agave

ready to pour

Domaine de Beudon Valais (Switzerland) Riesling and Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2020 CS20230906 on the island of KyushuRiesling 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