Jo Landron, 2023 Update
With this report on the latest from Jo Landron I bring my Muscadet domaine reports to an end for 2023 (I realise I might have said that before, but this time I think I might actually be telling the truth). It’s not been a bad little run of reports, taking in the latest releases from Domaine Luneau-Papin, Domaine de la Pépière, Famille Lieubeau, Domaine du Haut Bourg and Domaine Le Fay d’Homme.
As with these other domaines, Jo poured a mix of vintages, including a lone example of 2022 which at the time of tasting was yet to be bottled, followed by other cuvées from 2021, 2020 and 2018 all of which are in bottle and ready to go.
I provided a little synopsis of the domaine in my 2022 Jo Landron Update (and if you search around on the site you can find similar annually published updates going back to 2011), and of course there is my Jo Landron profile which includes all my notes going back to 1996, so I won’t provide any more background detail on Jo and his domaine here.
Instead, let’s get stuck into the wines.
The Wines
Jo poured seven current releases, the first still in cuve (but soon to be bottled), the remainder all in bottle. Looking to the 2022 vintage first, the Amphibolite Nature displayed the soft warmth of the season, with a rather low-level presence of acidity; it’s pretty much what I have come to expect from the 2022 Muscadets, and I have the vintage earmarked for unfussy early drinking, suitably chilled (although it will be interesting to see what vignerons have achieved in the cru communal style when these wines begin to appear in a year or two). A trio from the 2020 vintage, another warm year, including the 2020 Domaine de la Louvetrie, 2020 Clos de la Carizière and 2020 Les Houx, all showed a similar construct, majoring on bright aromatics, plush palates and modest acidities.
