Pelle, Menetou-Salon Morgues Les Blanchais, 2023 tbo Distilled using traditional copper pot

Distilled using traditional copper pot stills

even if you’re in your sweats

Intensely structured and mineral-laced

the remote AOC in France’s Basque country

Pelle, Menetou-Salon Morgues Les Blanchais, 2023 tbo Distilled using traditional copper potMenetou Salon's benchmark producerDomaine Pell accounts for 25% of the entire appellation's production. Les Blanchais is a 2. 7 hectare parcel planted in 1966 on Kimmeridgian marl (the same limestone found in Chablis and Chavignol) with 15 20% flint. Fourth generation Paul Henry Pell converted to organic in 2007; everything is hand harvested (rare here), indigenous yeast fermented, aged 11 12 months. His grandfather Henry lobbied to put "Morogues" on