Ermes Pavese Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle 2024 SF Chronicle - Past Pick The southeast-facing slope promotes optimal

The southeast-facing slope promotes optimal sunlight

He and his wife Isabelle founded Les Cortis in 2016

Aged for 4 years in oak bourbon barrels

Perfect for all manner of salty picnic food

Named for founder Paul Gerrie's grandmother

Ermes Pavese Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle 2024 SF Chronicle - Past Pick The southeast-facing slope promotes optimalNobody farms vines at 4,000 feet under Mont Blanc unless they're a little stubborn. Ermes Pavese does, working the native Pri Blanc on some of the highest vineyards in Europe, trained low on traditional pergolas so the vines can soak up what warmth the stones give back at night. The altitude and isolation kept phylloxera out entirely, so these vines still grow on their own roots a living link to Europe before the vine plague. The wine is exactly what