Nested high up in the Swiss Alps, above the town of Sion, in the tiny village of Arbaz, Hans Peter-Schmidt took over the production of these vineyards in 2004 and began converting the land to organics. Mythopia is a project designed to explore the effects of bio-diversity on wine production. The views from his vineyard are jaw dropping beautiful.
The grapes for this cuvée are 100% Pinot Noir planted on a bed of slate and schist farmed biodynamically. The vineyard is approximately 25 years of age.
The grapes were partly de-stemmed and ferment in 1000L tanks for a twelve weeks with occasional push downs to slowly extract the tannins in the skins. After pressing the fermenting juice is transferred into small used barrels to age for a minimum of 2 years. Throughout that period there is no topping up or any kind of filtration or fining and all wines at Mythopia are being bottled without the addition of sulphur.
