Philippe Pacalet Pommard- 2010 (750ml) Kisi 10-year-old Indiana Rye barrels with

10-year-old Indiana Rye barrels with notes of brown sugar and a touch of smoke had 5 and 6-year-old barrels layered in for fruit and spice character

The Cabernet Sauvignon Backus is their single-vineyard wine made on the lower hillsides of the Vaca Mountains at the Oakville crossroads

our crisp and fruity spirit is enriched

black cherries and licorice appear on the nose

and with the classic pasta with sardines

Philippe Pacalet Pommard- 2010 (750ml) Kisi 10-year-old Indiana Rye barrels withComing entirely from steep hillsides Chanlins (above Rugiens); Vignots and Chaniere (west of the village) Pacalets 2005 Pommard is simply as exciting a village Pommard as (indeed one of the very few exciting) I have ever tasted. He says these are the first Pinot vines he harvests (generally right after our Meursault) because Pommard is inherently early maturing and less forgiving in its window of opportunity. The result, he asserts, is something more