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Domaine Pattes Loup Vent d'Angetext
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Domaine Pattes Loup Vent d'Ange 2014

Chablis, Burgundy, FranceThird generation Thomas Pico is one of the young shining stars of Chablis, making natural wines from lieu dit that have been farmed by his family for decades. However, when young Pico took over selected sites from his father, he converted them from conventional to organic and biodynamics, returning to the kind of farming his grandfather began. Wild yeast fermented and with no inputs, this, one of Pico's entry-level Chablis, is from vines averaging 55 years, mostly massale plantings from his grandfather around the villages of Corgis and Preys, around 300m at altitude on kimmeridgian soils. A long, slow ferment in a combo of stainless and cement eggs, this continued aging in those vessels, along with 10 percent in old oak before it was bottled unfined and unfiltered. Green apple, earthy lees, fine chalky grip around the edges, with shimmering acidity, lemon and precise fine spicing to a nutty finish. Beauty, understated and authentic, and his wines only complex from here. If you see these wines, buy, because Pico lost a lot (nearly everything) in the past two, very poor vintages in Chablis, so quantities are rock bottom low.Tasted: 20 July 2017Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:
BC$43.00750mlprivate wine shops
Producer: Domaine Pattes LoupDistributors: Sedimentary Wines
Grape: ChardonnayCSPC: 531186