This is a bottle of Humagne Rouge from Valais. As we have noted before, the Prime Name of the grape is Cornalin d'Aosta, which has the potential to cause confusion with the Cornalin which is Rouge de Pays. I had a wine made from this grape some years ago, at a Swiss wine tasting jointly organized by the KCC Wine Society and the Hong Kong Wine Society. I had the above example at the doctors' association dinner that I organized a couple of months ago, which featured Rhone wines (including Swiss Rhone ones). Purple ruby and with a sweet jammy fruity nose, the palate was similarly sweet but a little less jammy and fruity, giving an unfortunate impression of dilution. An acid backbone provided support and structure.
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