Burgundy
Marsannay "L'Ancestrale" - 2023 - Sylvain Pataille
Domaine Sylvain Pataille
An elegant nose, with notes of Amarena cherries, fruits in brandy, sweet spices... Palate: a faultless wine, marrying refreshing fruit and velvety tannins, to create a beautifully harmonious wine.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Designation
- Marsannay AOP
- Bottled by
- Sylvain Pataille
- Colour
- Red Wine
- Degree of alcohol
- 13 %
- To drink from
- 2026 to 2032
- rock’n’roll
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A cuvée of Pinot Noir from the Estate's oldest vines, 60-80 year-old vines grown organically and planted on the parcels of Clos du Roy, En Clémengeot and Les Ouzeloy. The grapes are harvested by hand of course, and the yields are very low, around 20 hecto/hectare. Vinification: 50% whole bunches in vats, slow and gentle pressing, 24 months of maturation on fine lees in barrels with 30% new oak. Bottled at the Estate, with just a micro-dose of sulphur.
Sylvain Pataille
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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