What started out small over 20 years ago is now one of the Valais' flagship wineries and stands for work in harmony with nature as well as top wines that emphasize the individual terroir.
The Valais cousins Stéphane Reynard and Dany Varone are perfectionists who love what they do. They pay attention to their vines, which grow above Sion in the village of Savièse, as if they were their own children. Thanks to the precise and competent cellar work of Dany Varone, they create terroir wines of the highest quality. The winemaking duo - now part of the Valais elite - laid the foundations for their successful Domaine Cornulus project in 1986. The two founded the "Buteo" wine cellar and started out as the "Garage Winery". They bought their first harvests directly from the vines of various winegrowers in Savièse and initially pressed them in a garage. The following year, they leased their first vines in the vineyards above Sion (less than 1 hectare).
In 1989, they created the Sélection Cornulus, after which their winery was named. A few vintages later, in 1995, they acquired the first plots of Clos de Mangold. Little by little, their dream of founding their own estate began to take shape. "Because without terroir, there are hardly any good wines," say Stéphane and Dany. In 1999, they acquired the "prime piece", the famous Clos des Corbassières, which crowned the domaine. Over the course of the noughties, they successively acquired various Grand Cru parcels between Sion and Sierre as well as the Clos Chamaray, St-Charles and La Follie. Finally, the magnificent Clos des Monzuettes rounds off the rich palette of exquisite growths.
