Varietal Article

Morgex et de La Salle aka Prié Blanc, is also known in Switzerland's Valais region as Bernarde. The vines are planted with the "pergola bassa" (ie. low pergola) system that trains the vines near the ground in trellised arbors with stone columns surrounded by terraced rock walls designed to protect the vines from snowfall and strong winds whilst allowing the vines to absorb the heat stored in the rocks/ground during daylight hours. Grape pickers must bend, or lie, close to the ground during harvest. The variety is best suited to the sandy, gravelly soils found in higher altitude post-glaciated regions and can be grown on the original rootstock where phylloxera is subject to winter kill.