Domaine Philippe Pacalet Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 2017 Magnum (150cl)
Domaine Philippe Pacalet Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 2017 is a white Burgundy wine made from 100% Chardonnay, produced on the Corton Charlemagne parcel in Aloxe-Corton. Jancis Robinson awards it 17+/20 with a drinking window from 2024 to 2034; James Suckling rates it 94/100, to be drunk from 2024. Critics describe a full and concentrated wine, structured by vibrant freshness, a mineral framework, and a long finish with nuances of dried apple, stone, and citrus.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Magnum (150cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Philippe Pacalet
- Parcelle / Cru
- Corton Charlemagne (Aloxe Corton)
- Millésime
- 2017
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine Philippe Pacalet
Maison Philippe Pacalet is a winemaking and wine merchant organisation based in Beaune since 2001. Philippe Pacalet works with grapes from Burgundian plots under crop purchase contracts, and he personally oversees both the harvest and the winemaking. A trained oenologist, he produces wines from the Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune and Chablis regions, amongst others.
- Owner
- SARL Financière Pacalet (structure présidente de la SAS Philippe Pacalet ; gérants : Philippe Pacalet et Monica Marcucci-Pacalet)
- Maître de chais
- Philippe Pacalet
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 50 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
Philippe Pacalet comes from a family with links to viticulture; the company’s website mentions an ancestor who was a winegrower as far back as 1780. Trained in the sciences, he obtained a degree in oenology and specialised in the study of indigenous yeasts. He then gained ten years’ experience as estate manager at a vineyard in the Côte de Nuits, identified by several sources as the Prieuré-Roch estate. In 2001, he settled in Beaune and founded Maison Philippe Pacalet. His business model is based primarily on harvest purchase contracts: the winery tends the selected vineyards, carries out the harvest and vinifies the grapes in its own cellars. The company states that it currently works on more than ten hectares of vineyards in Burgundy, although this area does not necessarily correspond to vineyards it owns outright. Philippe Pacalet remains directly responsible for the winemaking. The operating company is SAS Philippe Pacalet; it is chaired by SARL Financière Pacalet, of which Philippe Pacalet and Monica Marcucci-Pacalet are managing directors.
Corton Charlemagne (Aloxe Corton)
Corton-Charlemagne is a white Grand Cru appellation whose demarcated parcel area occupies the upper part of the montagne de Corton, across Aloxe-Corton, Pernand-Vergelesses and Ladoix-Serrigny. In Aloxe-Corton, its geographical core corresponds to the climat Le Charlemagne; the appellation also unites En Charlemagne and several neighboring climats. The vineyard is located between 280 and 330 meters, on steep slopes of 20 to 23%, with a predominantly southwest exposure at the appellation scale. The clay-rich marly soils rest on an alternation of limestone beds and marls, beneath a thin layer of rendzinas.
- Vineyard commune
- Aloxe-Corton
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name commemorates the Emperor Charlemagne, who in 775 donated a vineyard on the montagne de Corton to the collegiate church of Saint-Andoche de Saulieu.
- Altitude
- 280–330 m
- Slope
- 20 to 23%
- Soil
- Yellowish, ochre, or brown marly soils, rich in clay, with thin rendzinas.
- Subsoil and geology
- Alternation of Jurassic limestone beds and marls, terrain approximately 145 Ma old.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 2001
- Indicative vine age
- Vines indicated as 80 years old in 2024; another record describes them as planted in the 1950s.
Histoire de la parcelle
A vineyard on the montagne de Corton was given in 775 by Charlemagne to the collegiate church of Saint-Andoche de Saulieu and remained part of its estate for approximately a millennium. The Corton-Charlemagne appellation was recognized by the decree of July 31, 1937. Its current parcel area is based on a delimitation approved by the INAO on September 20, 1984.
