Burgundy
Bourgogne Aligoté - 2023 - Sylvain Pataille
Domaine Sylvain Pataille
An opulent nose, with notes of yellow fruits, lemon, elderflower... Palate: exceptional! What Sylviain has produced here with his Aligotés is a revelation! Rich, mineral, intense, with beautiful energy!
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Designation
- Bourgogne Aligoté AOP
- Bottled by
- Sylvain Pataille
- Colour
- White wine
- Degree of alcohol
- 12.5 %
- To drink from
- 2026 to 2028
- rock’n’roll
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100% Aligoté, from grapes purchased from friends for whom Sylvain manages the vines from the beginning of the growth cycle until harvest. The vines are 60 years old. Direct, manual pressing for 5-6 hours of whole bunches in a very old vertical press. Moved to barrels mid-fermentation, matured 11 months in barrels on its lees, then matured an additional month in vats, with a light filtration at the end. Just a tiny pinch of sulphur added at bottling.
Sylvain Pataille
Sylvain Pataille is the winemaker at the helm of his eponymous estate in Marsannay, Burgundy, and quite possibly the revelation of recent years in the sector. A native of the village, he studied at the Beaune wine school and graduated as an oenologist in Bordeaux. Sylvain started from scratch more than 25 years ago... With just 1 hectare in 1999, the estate now covers 17 hectares, almost...
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