If you ask a Burgundy fan to name the greatest white wine producer in the Côte d’Or, the answer is almost always the same: Coche-Dury. The wines are mythical, electric, and famously unobtainable. So everyone... Read More

If you ask a Burgundy fan to name the greatest white wine producer in the Côte d’Or, the answer is almost always the same: Coche-Dury. The wines are mythical, electric, and famously unobtainable. So everyone has a theory about what you should drink if you can’t drink Coche. In this article, we’ll argue that one possible answer is Pascal Clément.

Pascal Clément is a micro-négociant, a breed that has popped up in recent years as actually buying land in Burgundy has become nearly impossible. But Clement is a bit different from the others.  He is a Savigny-lès-Beaune native who spent four formative years working in the cellars of Coche-Dury. He didn't just move barrels; he absorbed a philosophy. He learned that great White Burgundy isn't made by heavy-handed winemaking, but by patience and tension.

In 2012, Pascal launched his own label, and the Coche influence is undeniable. He uses native yeasts, avoids bâtonnage (lees stirring) to preserve freshness, and increasingly favors larger 500L barrels to minimize the oak signature. The result is a style of Meursault that feels "high-definition"—wines of striking purity, flinty reduction, and vibrating energy.