Mennas

Description (detail)

The unique Mennas grapes are used to produce an intensely fruity white wine with ripe lychee aromas at the DIROSO winery in Turtmann. The round attack on the palate is followed by a dense mid-palate, accompanied by a beautiful acidity structure and a long finish with elegant residual sweetness.

Mennas goes very well with racy cheese dishes such as cheesecake or Gommer Cholera and also cuts a fine figure as an accompaniment to spicy Asian dishes.

White wine
Prozent
14.5
Option 1: Beschrieb
75cl
Option 1: Jahrgang
2022
Option 1: Preis
CHF 61

Matching mood

exuberant & upbeat

Characteristics

Aromen (Nase)
Floral fruit aromas of roses and lychee
Aromen (Mund)
Honey and ripe pineapple aromas
Complex & elegant
Stainless steel tank
Integrated production
Pure-sorted
Cheese
Spicy dishes
6 years

Words from the winemaker

What Roman Baumann says about this wine

While savouring this fine wine, let yourself be carried away into the magnificent nature of the Upper Valais, where Sister Mennas Baumann (1917-2000) always awakened joy and confidence in many hearts with her benevolent work.

Our story

What connects us with this winery...

Our employee Augusto often works at the Diroso winery in his free time and he introduced us to it. We admire the Baumann family's great commitment to sustainability in dealing with flora and fauna and we can particularly recommend their white PIWI wines to you.

DIROSO Winery

As winegrowers, the Baumann family works in and with nature all year round. Sustainability in dealing with flora and fauna is therefore a top priority for them and the DIROSO winery is setting new standards in Valais in terms of winegrowing that is suitable for grandchildren.

The almost 4 hectares of vineyards are planted with grass and they do not use weedkillers. The traditional vines are only treated with organic products. They are also the driving force in Valais when it comes to natural viticulture with fungus-resistant grape varieties. These relatively unknown grape varieties allow them to produce organic grapes without the use of pesticides.

Since September 2019, the brothers Diego and Roman have been managing the company in the second generation. They are actively supported on site by Nina Baumann-Salzmann. Sonja Geoffray-Baumann is on hand to advise on oenological matters. She is also responsible for our fantastic label designs. Hans-Peter & Irene Baumann have - after twenty intensive years of development - taken their well-deserved retirement and are now taking it a little easier, but are still indispensable to the family business.

Incidentally, the company name was created back in 1989 and combines the first letters of the three siblings Diego, Roman & Sonja.

Mennas

«Grown by only one winemaker worldwide»

The Mennas grape variety ripens exclusively in the vineyards of the Diroso winery, because it was created by Hans-Peter Baumann himself. It is a cross between the well-known vine Gewürztraminer and the old Valais variety Gwäss. The idea for this crossing came from Hans-Peter's wish to give the low-acid but voluminous and fruity Gewürztraminer more acidity - and thus a better structure as well as good shelf life. The new grape variety Mennas combines the qualities of both crossing parents and thus fully meets the expectations of the breeder. After 15 years of breeding work, a complex and dense white wine with an elegant acid structure was created, which has been grown exclusively by the breeder himself in Visperterminen on 0.2 hectares since 2000.

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