Charmes Chambertin Philippe Pacalet 2008

Charmes Chambertin Philippe Pacalet 2008

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  • Vinous rating 93
  • Robert Parker rating 92
Charmes Chambertin Philippe Pacalet 2008
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Philippe Pacalet is the nephew of Marcel Lapierre, the Beaujolais vigneron who is one of the leading figures in the natural wine movement. In 2001 Pacalet set up his own label and in 2006 he also settled in his current facilities in Beaune. He currently produces some 30 different cuvées, from village level upwards, across both the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune. This is his 2008 Charmes-Chambertin which is filled with fresh aromas of raspberry, strawberry, earth and cinnamon. The palate combines fruity sweetness with a saline layer, complemented by fine-grained tannins.
93 Vinous
Palish medium red. Complex, fresh aromas of raspberry, strawberry, smoke, earth and cinnamon spice. Sweet on entry, then saline, dense and sexy, with surprising sweetness to the black cherry and strawberry flavors. The sweetest of these 2008s, finishing with saline and spice tones and substantial fine-grained tannins. These 2008s are very young and in need of bottle aging, but they're essentially gentle wines that should be easy on the body.Stephen Tanzer1st March 2011

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Minimal intervention, maximum elegance

Philippe Pacalet is a winemaker with an impeccable pedigree. The nephew of the renowned Beaujolais natural wine-maker Marcel Lapierre, by whom he was mentored as a young man, Pacalet went on to make wine at the illustrious Domaine Prieuré Roch in Prissy-Prémeaux during the 1990s. Next moving to Beaune to establish his own project. He now farms 10ha of vineyards spread across the Côte d’Or, including numerous Premier and Grand Cru sites. Although Pacalet’s rare winemaking savoir-faire is evident in all of his wines, his flagships of Corton-Charlemagne, Charmes-Chambertin and Ruchottes-Chambertin are of particular note.

Using only organically and biodynamically farmed fruit, Pacalet’s vinifications are done with whole bunches, no sulphur and long barrel ageing. His minimal-intervention methods are aimed at simply expressing the identity of the vineyard sites from which the wines are made. Increasingly sought-after by Burgundy aficionados, Pacalet's wines are characterised by a purity, elegance and vibrant fruit expression that is almost unmatched in the Côte d’Or.

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