Burgundy
A nose of hawthorn flowers, yellow apple, lime, and grapefruit... A powerful palate, boasting perfectly controlled acidity, tension, and a long finish with beautiful bitter notes. A wine to cellar ideally, but if you are impatient: decant first!
100% Aligoté, from old vines planted in 1932 on ferruginous soils over white marl, farmed biodynamically and pruned according to the gobelet method. Harvested by hand. Natural vinification without additives: whole bunches are pressed 5-6 hours in a vertical press, then transferred mid-fermentation into old 350-litre barrels for one year, followed by one year in vats. Bottled at the estate without fining or filtration, and just a microdose of sulphur.
Sylvain Pataille, a fortysomething vigneron in Marsannay, is undoubtedly one of the most exciting revelations of this area in recent times. He’s no recent arrival, though, he just knew how to be patient, start small, and grow: from 1 hectare in 1999, the estate now has 17... The estate was certified organic in 2008, but Pataille lost his certification in 2016, to his great chagrin, following a...
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Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
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