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Pavese Ermes, Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle

Other, Italy 2012 (750mL)
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Pavese Ermes, Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle


If you drive 2.5 hours north from Barolo toward Switzerland and into the shadow of Mont Blanc, you eventually wind your way up into the picturesque alpine villages of Morgex and La Salle. And even though you are technically in Italy, the architecture and local cuisine are reminiscent of Switzerland and the local language is French. Are you confused yet? All kidding aside, the appellation of Blanc de Morgex et La Salle is one of the smallest in Italy: less than 75 acres shared by a mere five grape growers. Vines are split between a patchwork of stone terraces dating back to the 1600's, tiny hand-farmed parcels interspersed between home vegetable gardens, and it's all perched between 3,000-4,500ft. The region is nothing short of visually breathtaking, having a look here will allow you to really capture the power of this region.

Ermes Pavese, the grower and winemaker of at this small family property, does all the farming himself with no employees. The only grape Ermes works with - and the only variety permitted in Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle - is Prié Blanc (pronounced pree-AY). Grapes are harvested in late fall, juice is pressed into stainless steel tanks where it ferments and rests underneath Ermes' house until release the following Spring. It's often said that drinking wine from these villages is like gulping fresh mountain Spring water after a long hike, and I couldn't agree more. This is a delicious mouthful of white peach, lemon peel, wild flowers, wet rocks, with fresh mouthwatering acidity and a perfectly soft finish driven by an alpine minerality. I can't think of a better Italian white for the Summer. Drink this white at roughly 45-50 degrees, it goes incredibly well with cheese and charcuterie outdoors.
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Italy
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ItalyBlanc de Morgex et de La Salle
Soil
Gravel and Sand
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Organic
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Prié Blanc
Alcohol
12.5
OAK
None

Italy

Northwestern Italy

Piedmont

Italy’s Piedmont region is really a wine “nation”unto itself, producing world-class renditions of every type of wine imaginable: red, white, sparkling, sweet...you name it! However, many wine lovers fixate on the region’s most famous appellations—Barolo and Barbaresco—and the inimitable native red that powers these wines:Nebbiolo.

Tuscany

Chianti

The area known as “Chianti” covers a major chunk of Central Tuscany, from Pisa to Florence to Siena to Arezzo—and beyond. Any wine with “Chianti” in its name is going to contain somewhere between 70% to 100% Sangiovese, and there are eight geographically specific sub-regions under the broader Chianti umbrella.

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