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Domaine de Beudon Valais (Switzerland) Pinot Noir + Gamay "Dole" 2020 Domaine Michel Gros 2022 ’ claims the estate’s oldestDole is the classic red of the Valais: Pinot Noir and Gamay blended together, with the Pinot in charge. Almost nobody outside Switzerland has tasted one, largely because the Swiss cheerfully drink the entire supply themselves. Beudon's version comes from a biodynamic estate perched on granite halfway up a sheer mountainside above Fully, reachable only by a rustic private cable car or a three hour hike with fixed ropes; vines climb toward 900 meters,