We were expecting great things of Philippe from 2018 vintage and he did not
disappoint. The harvest began with his Moulin A Vent on 28th August (the “Latour
of Beaujolais”) and finished two weeks after. Philippe says the sunny weather
gave him “gourmandise” wines with density, like 1990 but with more structure. As
usual the reds are vinified 100% whole bunch and with minimal interventions
throughout the elevage. Muscular as always and viscous with the fleshy fruit of
the vintage, they are nevertheless fresh and well defined with characteristic
vitality. Cult status can be an overused description but is rightly-applied to
the wines of Pacalet, which now have a fanatical global following.

Tight berries and plums on the nose, chocolatey, with Christmas spices. This is
a rich, really packed, very festive Gevrey, some fresh fig notes and earth and
already a touch of truffles developing alongside the dense forest fruits.
Already very attractive this is going to develop into something very satisfying.
Tom, Wine Guru