disobedience

2017

3.9

Region

Switzerland › Valais › Valais AOC

Type

white · still

Grapes

Chasselas

Alcohol

12%

Volume

750 mL

Tasting Notes(1)

Boris22 May 2026

3.9

More earth and damp-cellar funk than the 2018 and 2019 showed - a bit closed, with an ethanol bite that sticks out where it should fold in. Pencil shavings, dried apricot. Round on the palate but not interesting; the heat undercuts the rest.

About

The 2017 release of Disobedience, Mythopia's Chasselas skin-contact white in the Thoreau-named cellar line. Chasselas 100%. Whole-bunch skin maceration in airtight steel followed by years in used 225-litre oak; this 2017 was bottled in April 2023, around five and a half years from harvest. 12% ABV. No SO2, no fining, no filtration.