Pascal Clément Savigny-lès-Beaune 'Les Guettottes' 2021

In 2018, I quit a marketing job in Barcelona and went to Burgundy to do a harvest with Pascal Clément, a small producer in Savigny-lès-Beaune. He and his wife Amélie took me into their home and made me feel like family. Pascal drove me all over Burgundy. We harvested grapes from Savigny to Meursault, also in Corton-Charlemagne. At one point I drove a van full of barrels from Saint Romain back to Savigny, absolutely terrified, and I didn't crash. So that was a win.

Anyway, now I have his wines at Canary Counter and I'm still a little emotional about it.

This is Les Guettottes, a vineyard Pascal tends himself, all year round. Pruning, harvesting, working the soil. Where Les Planchots is smoky and profound, this one is all about the citrus and the stone. Think lemon rind, but also lemon blossom, something floral and delicate underneath. A buzzy limestone thing, ta chalky energy. A slick of verbena, it's tight, salty, and the palate is just bomb. So fine. So precise. 

Drink it with oysters, with grilled fish. Or drink it alone.