To try, buy and put by

TO TRY: Domaine René Favre et Fils, Petite Arvine, Valais, Switzerland 2015, €28.95 from Searsons Wine Merchants, Monkstown, Dublin; online at searsons.com and from good independent wine shops and off-licences nationwide (92)

This really is a rarity of a wine. It is a white from Switzerland, specifically from the slopes of the Valais overlooking the infant Rhône river, where the steep slopes are dotted with a patchwork of tiny vineyards. The wine tastes ...