2021 | Philippe Pacalet | Corton Charlemagne

Description

White Wine: 2021 | Philippe Pacalet | Corton Charlemagne

A notably more complex and distinctly cooler nose grudgingly offers up its ultra-fresh array of green apple, white flower, wet stone and grapefruit scents that are trimmed in subtle wood.

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Producer: Philippe Pacalet

Vintage: 2021

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Chardonnay

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

A notably more complex and distinctly cooler nose grudgingly offers up its ultra-fresh array of green apple, white flower, wet stone and grapefruit scents that are trimmed in subtle wood. There is excellent power and concentration to the very round but tension-filled broad-shouldered flavors that possess excellent size, weight and punch before culminating in a clean, dry and youthfully austere finale.

Producer Information

Philippe Pacalet is a Burgundian wine producer known for elegant Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines.Pacalet produces some 30 different wines from village level upwards across both the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune, as well a Chablis Premier Cru Beauroy. The Grand Cru flagships are Corton-Charlemagne, Charmes-Chambertin, Échezaux and Ruchottes-Chambertin.A relative newcomer who started in 1999, Pacalet does not own any vineyards but instead rents a selection of plots with interesting terroirs. Until 2007 winemaking took place in several borrowed spaces, but then Pacalet purchased a 19th Century cellar in the heart of Beaune from the de Montille family.In the winery, natural yeasts take care of fermentations. Red grapes are vinified in whole clusters in wooden vats for three to four weeks with traditional pigeage by foot. Aging takes place in piéces (228 liter barrels) for 15 to 18 months. White grapes are pressed and settled before fermentation in larger barrels. There are no sulfur additions, other than a tiny amount at bottling.