Tasted in Courgis with Thomas Pico, 02 February 2024.
Domaine Pattes Loup
Grande rue Nicolas Droin
89800 Courgis
Tel: +33 3 86 41 46 38
www.pattes-loup.com
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Thomas was on great form, just like his wines on this visit – even without his customary winter hat!
Talking mainly about 2021 as this was the first wine we tasted:
“It was a hard vintage but I like it for the long maturity that we could achieve. Since climate change the harvest is early – and the days as we approach maturity are longer – so maturity comes fast – our window for picking becomes smaller – this was a more looking back vintage with more time to wait.”
The wines…
You take what you can get from Thomas – and here is range of vintages – but I would indeed take all that I could get !!
This bottled – ‘It’s a cuvée for export – it’s not usually done this way but with the small volume of 2021… I don’t want to make a separate VV – this is a blend of vines planted by me and as far back as my grandfather – with a very tiny amount of contract grapes from a good friend – but all organic.’
Lovely freshness. Hmm – depth, energy, this is such a supple, delicious wine – approaching the richness of many 22s – that’s so damn good – bravo!
2020 Chablis Vent d’Ange
The currently commercial cuvée – ‘There was a little porriture in this vintage – and I like a little of that.’ June 2023 bottled.
Much more airy – almost vertical – perfumed and showing beautiful definition. A wine with more structure – extra breadth – cushioned intensity. A beauty.
2020 Chablis 1er 20 Côte de Jouen
This bottled in September 2023.
A little extra padding that reflects the barrel. A wave of growing intensity – and a simply great length. I’d still wait 2+ years for the last of the oak to fade- what a super wine!
1.7 hectares – ‘Sol magnifique’ – but it needs harvesting later.
Wow – vibrant and forward – an aromatoic that makes me think of neighbours, Alice & Olivier de Moor. Ooh – directly saline – a great scale of mouth-filling flavour. Great finishing – it’s a cascade of finishing flavour here. A great wine.
A more elegant and perfumed nose. A wine that melts over the palate in more relaxed style – it’s super involving. Another top-level wine and despite considering myself a Butteaux disciple – I’d be drinking the Beauregard today. Wait 2 years, but here is also great 😊
Only pinot fin here. 0.8 ha of vines planted in 2016 – 21 was all destemmed, 22 was half destemmed.
Here is a fine perfume – a narrow nose but a very attractive nose. Super sucrosity but at the same time energy and fine definition. The finish slowly fading – a wine from the top of the class in Irancy!