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2007 Domaine Pacalet "Philippe Pacalet is one of Burgundy's more colorful and gifted young vignerons and his wines among the regions most distinctive. Working out of de Montille's former cellar, this nephew of Maurice Lapierre employs whole clusters, gentle extraction, low sulphur, very little new oak (he prefers to buy once-used barrels), and bottles his generally small lots by hand". "I was amazed - in my first encounter with Pacalet's wines - at the textural refinement, generosity and perfume exhibited last year by his 2004's (any of which are worth a search of the marketplace). His 2005's are predictably yet more exciting". -Wine Advocate, 6-29-07, Issue 171- – No review yet.$74.99
– Wine Advocate 92 Points Pacalet’s 2005 Gevrey-Chambertin – its quality far surpassing one’s expectations at village level – is sourced from 50-year average age vines in a pair of sites each just east and just north of the village itself. Fascinatingly spicy, with hints of vanilla, wood smoke, and caramel (clearly not from new oak) as well as amply endowed with ripe berries in the nose, this Pinot comes to the palate with an alluring creaminess of texture and an obviously leesy adjunct to its plum, cassis, cherry, soy, iodine, game and champignon flavors. There is a marvelous roasted meat richness and plushness to the finish here, like the concentration of pan drippings. $68.99
- Wine Advocate 93 Points The 2005 Nuits-St.-Georges offers a Les St.-Geroges-like aroma of wood smoke, black fruits and wet stones, presumably befitting its chalky, rocky, exposed vineyard source. The finely-grained yet palpably extract-rich palate is amazingly sappy and the finishing flavors of baked black cherry, cassis, stone, bitter-sweet walnut liqueur, dark chocolate, and roasted meat really cling. $74.99
– Wine Advocate 94 Points From the superbly situated string of vineyards Feusselottes-Chatelots-Gruenchers, the Pacalet 2005 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru smells sexily sweetly ripe, musky, floral and spicy. Like a kirsch-filled, nutmeg-dusted chocolate, it explodes on the palate with liqueur-like, distilled, and fresh cherry essences. Creamy in texture yet juicy, refined in tannins, this offers salty, savory, mineral nuances to complement the sweetly, overly rich side of its character, aptly illustrating the possibility in 2005 of pushing ripeness to an extreme degree without losing freshness or shape. $99.99/204.99 1.5L
– Wine Advocate 96 Points From mixed age of vines in three micro-climatically distinctive parcels, Pacalet’s 2005 Gevrey-Chambertin Lavaux St.-Jacques smells of rose petal, licorice, black cherry, plum and smoked meat. Fantastically concentrated and savory – with saliva- and tear-inducing smoke, salt, pan dripping, meat juice and soy – this clings with grand cru complexity and length. Deep meatiness, superbly ripe fruit (at 14.1% alcohol, incidentally), chocolate richness, persistent inner-mouth florality and ineffable minerality are all part of the show. I seldom eat lunch, but I splurged on black truffles and beef at La Regalade and called in late for my next appointment just so that I could help finish this bottle! $129.99 *All wines are pre-arrival and
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