2024 Ermes Pavese - Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle (750ml)
From the roof of Europe comes one of Italy's most singular and thrilling white wines. Produced by the meticulous Ermes Pavese in the dramatic, glacier-carved Valle d'Aosta — where vineyards cling to steep Alpine terraces at elevations exceeding 3,000 feet — this Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle is made from Prié Blanc, one of the world's highest-altitude cultivated grapes and a variety so remote it escaped the devastation of phylloxera entirely, its ancient ungrafted vines still rooted in glacial moraine soils. Pale straw with a silvery gleam, the nose is hauntingly pure and alpine-fresh — green apple, white peach, lemon blossom, crushed stone, and a crisp mountain herb lift that feels like cold air itself. On the palate it is light, taut, and electrifyingly mineral, with razor-sharp acidity, delicate citrus and orchard fruit, and a long, clean, stony finish of remarkable precision. A wine of breathtaking terroir and quiet rarity — for those who seek something truly off the beaten path.