Ermes Pavese Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle 2024 CS20231031 Give it fifteen minutes in

Give it fifteen minutes in the fridge and it will go anywhere you take it

This is the first cognac ever to be gone trough the limited handcrafted process of 'Rarified Cognac System'

The wine was aged in thin-staved Bordeaux chateau barrels (22% new) for 18 months and racked every three months using the soutirage traditionnel method Daniel learned while working in Pomerol in the 1980s

Tiny yields from low-vigor old vines create remarkable concentration

took over his grandfather's four hectares of high-altitude clay and limestone (a good chunk of it Grand Cru Eichberg)

Ermes Pavese Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle 2024 CS20231031 Give it fifteen minutes inNobody 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