Ermes Pavese
Morgex · Valle d'Aosta (AO)
Established
1999
Ermes Pavese
Yearly production
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Location
Morgex
Valle d'Aosta (AO) · Valle d'Aosta
Vineyard area
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About six hectares of pergola-trained Prié Blanc in the hamlet of La Ruine between Morgex and La Salle, at roughly 1,000 to 1,200 metres near Mont Blanc — among the highest vineyards in Europe, growing on ungrafted, pre-phylloxera rootstock the isolation preserved.
Appellations
Valle d'Aosta o Vallée d'Aoste DOC
History
Ermes Pavese began marketing his family's Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle in 1999 on the advice of Marziano Vevey, working the native Prié Blanc, one of Italy's oldest documented cultivars. From an initial two hectares he assembled scattered high-altitude parcels around Morgex and La Salle to about six hectares. Because the vines sit so high and isolated, they survived phylloxera on their original rootstock, making the vineyard a rare pre-phylloxera survivor.
Wines
Illustrative selectionBlanc de Morgex et de La Salle
Nathan (metodo classico)
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Grapes of these appellations
Who else makes these wines
- Valle d'Aosta o Vallée d'Aoste DOC48 others
Producers near Morgex
- Maison Vevey Albert
- Cave Mont Blanc
- Cave Mont Blanc de Morgex et La Salle
- Les CrêtesAymavilles
- GrosjeanQuart
- Lo TrioletIntrod
- La Crotta di VegneronChambave
- Maison AnselmetVilleneuve