Pommard - 2017
Philippe Pacalet
- Region
- France 禄 Burgundy 禄 C么te d'Or 禄 C么te de Beaune 禄 Pommard AOC
- Type
- red still, dry
- Producer
- Philippe Pacalet
- Vintage
- 2017
- Grapes
- Pinot Noir
- Alcohol
- 12.5
- Volume
- 750 mL
- Cellar
- not available
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Ratings
This is a wonderful and sophisticated natural Pommard, distinctively driven by the winemaker's style and quite unlike a typical Pommard. Its color is very light and almost transparent. Both on the palate and the nose, it is fruit-forward and utterly charming, featuring notes of wild strawberries, earth, dried grapefruit, orange oil, and a pleasant touch of dill.
Detailed and attractive, it delivers an ephemeral, ripe, and seamless experience that is simply delicious. With good minerality and vibrant fruit, this is certainly an interesting and noteworthy bottle.
Philippe Pacalet
Philippe Pacalet, a distinguished figure in the natural wine movement, has made a profound impact on Burgundian winemaking. Despite his winemaking lineage dating back to 1780, Pacalet did not inherit land. Instead, he became a 'micro-n茅gociant', renting vineyards in the C么te de Beaune and C么te de Nuits, crafting wines in a facility acquired from the De Montille family in Beaune. Influenced by his uncle, Marcel Lapierre, and the teachings of Jules Chauvet, Pacalet has been a passionate advocate for natural wine, managing Domaine Prieur茅 Roch and crafting wines in Ch芒teau Rayas and Domaine Leroy.
Pacalet's philosophy is grounded in minimal intervention, focusing on expressing each terroir's unique characteristics. He eschews industrial yeasts and minimizes sulphur use, opting for whole bunch fermentation and believing that the stems' ripeness is integral to the grapes' readiness. His meticulous approach includes hand harvesting and fermenting with natural yeasts on the grape skin, wooden vat fermentation, and low new oak usage to maintain the wine's delicate fruit and floral characters. His wines are unfiltered and unfined, bottled manually, emphasizing authenticity and a vivid expression of each plot.