Grenache "Fernand Cina"

Hard-working and complementary are the adjectives used to describe the brothers Cina, Manfred and Damian. Both studied viticulture and oenology, but above all learned the trade. From a very young age with their parents Fernand & Rose-Marie, Saturdays were spent in the vineyard rather than on the football pitch with friends. Despite the hard work, Manfred and Damian saw the great development potential of their father's business early on and rightly envisioned a promising future.

The Cina brothers have been working in their business for more than 30 years, surrounded by a meticulous and enthusiastic team. Their motives? Always one step ahead, producing excellent wines, developing innovative grape varieties in Valais, being positive and, above all, close to the customer. The winery is known for its diverse range of specialties. They cultivate an exceptionally large number of grape varieties on 20 hectares of their own vineyards, which enables them to offer around 40 different wines.

In their work in the vineyard, they focus on natural and quality-oriented care of the vines. The work in the vines is the most important activity in the annual calendar and forms the basic building block for high-quality wine. From the vine to vinification and bottling, the two brothers cultivate the wine with great dedication. Wine production is far more than just a job for them, it is a passion and a pleasure for both of them to marvel at this phenomenon every year and to be a part of it.

The Spanish call it Garnacha Tinta, the French Grenache Noir and the Sardinians Cannonau. But they all mean the same red grape with round or slightly oval and juicy berries with thick skin. It itself is unusually undemanding. And yet some of the best red wines are unthinkable without Grenache Noir. For example, in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape region, in the Rhone Valley or in the Spanish Priorat.

Grenache Noir most likely originates from the northern Spanish province of Aragón. From there, it is said to have spread across the Pyrenees to southern France when Languedoc-Roussillon and the Rhone Valley were under the rule of the Kingdom of Aragon from the 14th to the 17th century. Today, Grenache Noir is one of the most widely cultivated red grape varieties in the world and is at home in all major red wine-growing regions. Above all in France, Spain and Italy, but also in Australia or California.

Wine from the Grenache grape is low in tannins and colour. It can therefore provide good fruity wines and is also vinified as white or rosé wine.

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