Le Sommelier Mixed Case: Pascal Clement

Wine Type:
Style of Wine:	Rich & Creamy
Country of Origin:	France
Wine Region:	Burgundy
Grape Varietal:	Chardonnay
Bottle Format:	750mL
Case Size:	6 bottles
$561.66 Per Case ($93.61/btl)

Tasting Notes

Each case contains the following wines:

1 x Bourgogne Chardonnay 2020.

From Savigny-les-Beaune, Chorey-les-Beaune, and Puligny, this was native fermented in foudres, where it was held for a year. Streamlined yet creamy, with a lees-decked palate livened with lemon pith and peel, and ample stony salinity, finishing with a lick of flint. Youthful, juicy, and bright, this is shining now.

1 x Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Vide Bourse 2015.

In the warm 2015 vintage, Pascal stopped MLF on his whites, which is usually employed. Vide Bourse is smartly located under Bâtard Montrachet, and a great mix between the brilliance of Puligny and the richness of Chassagne. Ripe and rich, with toasted hazelnuts, lemon curd, cream, elastic, shaped by green and yellow apple, and lingering with flake salts. A more upfront, powerful and attention grabbing style, which would well suit many protein / cream dishes.

1 x Meursault 2018.

True to style, and vintage, this is a full, powerful white, with lemon curd, brown butter, and green apple layered with toasted hazelnuts. There is a brace of acidity which holds this aloft, through a lingering, nutty, saline finish. Drink now, with butter drawn lobster, or let rest in your cellar.

1 x Meursault Les Narvaux 2016.

From the cooler pocket of Narvaux, on white marl and limestone soils, this fuller wine has stunning ample cut, with tight green apple, crystalline lemon, and quartz chiseling through lemon curd and fresh hazelnuts on the streamline palate, finishing with ample salinity. This is such a pristine wine now, with focus atypical of the appellation, but which speaks to the site. Striking drinking now.

2 x Saint Romain 2015.

From Saint Romain, a region larger and less well known than Saint-Aubin (thus a hidden gem for value-seekers). Due to the warm 2015 vintage, Pascal decided not to do MLF here, as he normally does. Licks of reduction and savoury brown butter are woven throughout this textural wine, with flax, meadow grass, broken stones and a persistent wash of salts through the lingering finish. Quite fresh now, even considering the vintage, this elegant wine is drinking beautifully now, with time ahead

Critical Praise

Estimated delivery time is 3-10 business days.

Born into a family of growers and winemakers, Pascal had more than 20 vintages working experience in Bourgogne before he started his own project in 2012. Based in Savigny-les-Beaune, where he owns a half hectare organic vineyard, he farms 10 ha across 29 appellations in Bourgogne for his wines. 80% of his production is white wine, a passion honed by his years of winemaking at Coche Dury, amongst others. He farms with no chemicals, does native ferment in older, larger barrels, employs MLF, and never uses bâttonage in his wines, leaving them on full lees after pressing.