Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle

Wines

This wine comes from vines that shouldn’t work. 900-1200 meters up, at the foot of Mont Blanc, on terraces too steep and too small for machines — trained on pergolas barely a meter off the ground so the vines can steal warmth back from the stones at night. The grape is Prié Blanc, and it grows essentially nowhere else on earth. It’s also ungrafted, growing on its own roots the way European vines did before phylloxera, because the louse can’t survive up here either. What lands in your glass is a white wine with the volume turned down and the focus turned way up: alpine herbs and green apple, white flowers, wet stone, and an acid line that snaps to attention.

Appellation: Vallée d’Aoste DOC

Style: White, dry

Varietal: 100% Prié Blanc.

Wine Details:

Tasting Notes:

Color: Straw yellow color with greenish reflections.

Bouquet: Fresh with delicate, but precise aromas, and concentrated, ripe, fruit flavors – white stone fruit, pineapple, white flowers, lemon peel and flint with a “granite” sensation.

Palate: Brisk and refreshing with clear mineral hints throughout. A laser beam of acidity that awakens the taste buds and a bright, clean finish with hints of bitter almond, and an inviting finish.

Alcohol: 11%.

Serving Temperature: Chilled 8-10° C (46-50° F).

Food Pairings: Alpine and mountain cheeses (fontina, toma), cured meats and salumi, freshwater fish and trout, fondue and raclette, light antipasti.

Vinyard Notes:

Vineyards: Communes of Morgex and La Salle; approx. 900–1,200 m (2,950–3,950 ft).

Rootstock: Ungrafted (franc de pied / piede franco) — vines on their own roots

Training: Low pergola valdostana

Soil: Sandy, glacial moraine

Winemaking Notes:

Harvest: By hand, late September–October

Vinification: Soft pressing; fermentation in stainless steel at controlled temperature

Aging: Stainless steel, no oak