A master in the art of signing natural Burgundy wines, Philippe Pacalet creates a red Burgundy from old Pinot Noir vines. The latter are around sixty years old and have been encouraged to draw the nutrients necessary for their development from clay and limestone soils rich in silt using organic cultivation methods.
The rigorous manual harvest allowed a first strict sorting of the berries which were the subject of minimal interventionist vinification. Native yeasts started the fermentations and the grapes were crushed twice a day for three weeks. The wine was then aged on its lees for almost a year and was bottled without prior addition of sulfur.
Tasting reveals a ruby-colored vintage tinged with purplish reflections from which notes of red and black fruits emerge. Juicy and delicious, the wine is best enjoyed in its youth.
Philippe Pacalet is a wine artisan. It defines itself as a revealer of terroirs.
The singularity of his work is the development of climatic wines which is based on the use of ancestral and modern techniques, a mixture of know-how and passion. It does not want to be very interventionist.
Coming from the wine world where he grew up, Philippe Pacalet already had a winemaker ancestor in 1780. He carried out scientific studies which led him to be a qualified oenologist and specialist in native yeasts.
Philippe Pacalet learned the trade through contact with great professionals and acquired solid practical experience during 10 years as manager of a wine estate in Côte de Nuits.
In 2001, with his knowledge and experience, he decided to settle in Beaune.
Today Maison Philippe Pacalet works on more than 10 hectares of vines in Burgundy for which it has harvest purchasing contracts, and does the harvest itself. Of course, the organic cultivation of the vines is carefully monitored and subject to strict specifications.
Annual production is around 50,000 bottles distributed in Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune and Chablisien.
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