Dominik Mueller

Description

Based in Burgundy, France.

Philippe Pacalet is a négociant based in Beaune. He has been making wine since the early 2000s. Today, he processes grapes from around 20 hectares of vineyards.

His style of winemaking is natural in that he relies on spontaneous fermentation (whole-bunch for reds) and not too much new oak. For whites, he directly presses whole-bunch grapes and then lets the juice settle before filling it into barrels for alcoholic fermentation. Philippe Pacalet uses Tronçais wood for the barrels. Maturation typically takes 14 to 18 months.

His wines can be fairly strong in terms of extraction due to punching down (pigeage), making for expressive wines.