Les Cretes

Petite Arvine - a speciality in the Aosta Valley and also in the neighbouring Swiss Valais. Costantino Charrère produces a strong, fragrant white wine from this variety. Clear straw yellow, floral and citrus bouquet. The taste is rich, full-bodied and with hints of grapefruit and a long mineral finish. SUPERIORE.DE

"This is always a delightful and exotic white and shows guava peel, dried citrus, kiwi fruit and dried jasmine. Full-bodied and oily but dialed-in and tangy." James Suckling

A round, straight, but very complex Chardonnay. In the fragrance meadow flowers, grapefruit and butter, in addition in full harmony the pleasantly spicy taste with good acidity and fresh length. SUPERIORE.DE

"A very floral chardonnay that gives a ton of fresh herbs, citrus, peonies and honeysuckle. The phenolics are generous and are added to by the fleshy stone fruit. Nevertheless, contrasting acidity pulls this through nicely to a tightly wound finish." James Suckling

The bouquet is full of the scent of ripe dark fruits, sweet spices and roasted oak. In the mouth, the character, terroir and elegance of the Les Cretes style come to the fore, especially in the refined way in which tannins and fruit form a symbiosis. SUPERIORE.DE

"Some clove and black pepper with the dark berry character. Quartz undertone. Medium body, light tannins and a juicy and flavorful finish. I like the linear line to this fresh red." James Suckling

The second white top wine of the family business: Bright yellow with an elegant, floral-mineral bouquet and notes of ripe apples and apricots. Clear, balanced taste, refined body and harmonious finish. SUPERIORE.DE

"Bright dark straw. Aromas and flavors of aromatic herbs, honey, ripe pear and quince. Rich and dense, displaying a flinty nuance on the juicy, fruity, long finish. Strikes me as more concentrated but less fresh than the 2016 Petite Arvine Fleur. Made from a south-facing single vineyard, the Vigna Devin Ros in Saint Christophe at 400 meters above sea level, that is fully south-exposed and had always been planted to red grapes. This is the only the second vintage ever of this wine (the first was the 2014)." Ian d’Agata (vinous.com)

"A white with lots of dried-apple, salt and pear-skin character. Medium body, lovely density of fruit and a long and flavorful finish." James Suckling

The second white top wine of the family business and pure Petite Arvine from a single vineyard: Bright light yellow with an elegant, floral-mineral bouquet and notes of ripe apples and apricots. Clear, balanced taste, refined body and harmonious finish. SUPERIORE.DE

"Bright straw-green. Fresh, lively aromas and flavors of apple, pear and chamomile have a noteworthy saline edge and an exotic touch of honey. Finishes long and ripe with a repeating chamomile note. Made from a south-facing nine-year-old single vineyard (the Vigna Devin Ros in Saint-Christophe) located at 400 meters above sea level that is fully south-exposed and had always been planted to red grapes. Charrère has real golden touch with this variety." Vinous

Neblù is an elegant spumante made from the autochthonous red Bacca Nera grape variety, vinified by the traditional method of bottle fermentation, with a small proportion of neblu (autochthonous Bacca nera variety). Fruity nose of cherry, currant and small red fruits. In the glass with delicate pink reflections, fresh fruity fragrance, on the palate with fine delicate perlage, smooth, fine and persistent. SUPERIORE.DE