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Christophe Pacalet BeaujolaisVillage 2010Price: $13.50    Case Price: $12.15

Chrispacalet
Color:
Red
Body/Type:
Light Bodied
Style:
Traditional
Size:
Bottle, 750 ml
Winery:
Christophe Pacalet
Grapes:
Gamay
Serve At:
50°-54° F
Region:
France > Beaujolais > Beaujolais-Villages

Quality and care are of utmost importance for Christoph Pacalet, whether he's making a Cru or Village Beaujolais. These grapes were hand-selected from a vigneron in Lantignié before being made into this delicious, simple wine.

After work in biochemistry and cooking, Christophe Pacalet with his uncle Marcel Lapierre creates the field “Les Marcellins”. It must be said, faithful to the philosophy of his uncle, Christophe leaves nothing to chance. Concerned about the quality of his wines and respectful of the environment, Christophe does his utmost to obtain the best grapes from various vineyards. Then he and his team harvest and hand-sort all the grapes themselves.

The region of Beaujolais is the southernmost part of the Burgundy department, sitting to the west of the Saone River. While its reputation has been somewhat tarnished by the thin, insipid juice proffered by certain mass producers, it nonetheless produces some of the finest and most enjoyable light-bodied wine in the world. To the north of the region lay the 10 villages that have been granted "Cru" status for the extraordinary Gamay reds they produce each village's wines have clearly unique attributes, ranging from the very pretty and feminine to the intensely structured and earthy. Around these vineyards are the better "Villages" level parcels, which tend to share in the increased structure that northern Beaujolais sandy clay soil over granite provides. To the south, the land flattens out and the soil becomes much softer, producing vines of less concentration. It is this region where much of the for young consumption (if at all) only Beaujolais hail from.

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