2024 Ermes Pavese, Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle Producer_Dominus red fruited

red fruited

with plenty of age-worthy tannins

with virtually no detectable oak influence

The 2016 vintage benefited from a temperate growing season with cool nocturnal shifts

family-tended plots located in the villages of Monção and Melgaço along the Minho River

2024 Ermes Pavese, Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle Producer_Dominus red fruitedErmes Pavese is a small grower working some of the highest elevation vineyards in all of Europe perched in the Alps in Italy's Valle d'Aosta. He works only with the local grape variety Pri Blanc, planted in sandy glacial soils from which he makes this delicious alpine white. The nose here is subtle, with apple, pear & bright lemon notes that emerge from the glass. The palate shows the same restrained fruit, with a hint of honey balanced by bitter