To promote and defend the naturally concentrated sweet white of wines of Valais « Grain Noble » the producers committ themselves to the following selection criterias:

1.
select the best situated first zone vines;

2.
only take into consideration vines which are fifteen years and older;

3.
restrict their choice to the following varieties: Arvine, Ermitage, Johannisberg, Malvoisie and Amigne;

4.
limit the use of the quality label « Grain Noble ConfidenCiel » to wines elaborated exclusively from
grapes harvested and matured directly from the stock;

5.
renounce to any form of artificially enriching the grapes or must;

6.
select only must having reached a minimum of 130° Oechsle degrees;

7.
respect a vinification in barrel of at least twelve months

8.
renounce to the label when the climate hasn't permitted optimal conditions for outstanding quality;

9.
produce late harvested sweet wines only on favourable years

10.
defend the spirit of the charter which relies on ethic and trust.

Valais, september 1996 

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