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Domaine Pattes Loup 2011 Chablis AOC
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Item Number: 6184

UPC: None

Country: France
Region: Burgundy Sub Region: Chablis
Appellation/AVA: Chablis AOC
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Vintage: 2011
Grape(s): 100% Chardonnay
Type: Wine - White
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 12.5
Viticulture: Practicing Organic


Winemaking Notes: Organically grown fruit from high-altitude vineyards. The juice is fermented in a combination of stainless steel and cement eggs.

Tasting Notes: Straw golden color. Quite mineral on the nose with honeyed pear notes. Mouth has similar entry with stony chalk notes up front followed by sweet honeyed pear and honey drizzled apple.The vintage shows in the back of the mouth with these ripe pear notes, but the driving force to the wine is minerality which structures the whole mouth. As it opens, reveals some waxy, almond paste/marzipan and spice notes. Almond cookies and fresh pears. A delicious bottle of chalky minerality and sweet juicy pear type fruit. Extremely drinkable. Hard to say no to this one.

Food Pairing: Try Chicken with Roasted Lemons, Green Olives, and Capers

About Chablis: This northernmost area of Burgundy is known for steely, minerally, crisp Chardonnays. The region includes the town of Chablis and 19 other villages near the city of Auxerre. The appellation was created in 1938, and has four designations: Grand Cru, Premier Cru, Chablis, and Petit Chablis. Separated by the Morvan hills, it’s geographically closer to Champagne than the rest of Burgundy. Chablis experiences long, hard winters--frost is always a danger--and fairly hot summers, so viticulture relies on modern techniques like sprinklers and heaters. The soil, comprised of limestone and clay with tiny fossilized oyster shells, contributes to the unique minerality that is prized in Chablis. The other factor in its steeliness is the rareness of oak in its Chardonnay--oak is generally only ever used in premier or grand cru wines, if at all.

Reviews
Domaine Pattes Loup 2011 Chablis AOC
Rating: 90

Pico's 2011 Chablis - from sites in Courgis and neighboring Prehy - possesses admirable, juicy ripeness of apple and winter pear as well as polish, lift and clarity, revealing a subtle perfume of honeysuckle and lily-of-the-valley along with stimulating nuances of chalk, stone, iodine, and chewy fruit skin. This is one of those (thankfully numerous) Chablis that demonstrate that you don't need to buy into a premier cru in order to experience (or, if you-re a grower, create) something quite profoundly and eloquently representative of this region's distinctive vinous virtues. This example should drink well through at least 2015.

- The Wine Advocate (8/29/2013)

Domaine Pattes Loup 2011 Chablis AOC
Rating: 89

Straw-yellow. Fresh apricot, ginger and a suggestion of exotic fruits on the nose, plus a complicating leesy nuance. Rich, ripe and sweet but with lively sappy acidity framing and intensifying the stone fruit flavors. Very ripe and glyceral but nicely dry on the supple, building finish.

- International Wine Cellar (8/1/2013)

Domaine Pattes Loup 2011 Chablis AOC
Rating: 91

The 2011 Chablis is gorgeous. Honey, almonds, dried pears and peach notes all flesh out in a rich, expansive wine loaded with class, pedigree and personality. This is a decidedly rich, large-scaled Chablis, especially at the village level, but there is more than enough fruit to fill out the wine's big, broad-shouldered frame. The deeply textured, generous finish is nicely supported by veins of minerality that emerge over time.

- Vinous by Antonio Galloni (8/1/2013)