2021 Domaine Sylvain Pataille, Marsannay L'Ancestrale, Cote de Nuits, France Plaisance Penavayre 33% second fill 500L

33% second fill 500L

Altare hand de-stems each berry for this special bottling “one by one” (unoperuno)

A special feature is that Guillaume Pire and his brother Adrien vinify and age their rouge Eolithe in concrete "eggs" and older barriques

A fantastically light Zinfandel

2021 Domaine Sylvain Pataille, Marsannay L'Ancestrale, Cote de Nuits, France Plaisance Penavayre 33% second fill 500LLAncestrale is drawn from 6080 year old Pinot Noir on Marsannays hillsides, cropped at very low yields of about 20 hl ha. Fermentation is natural with roughly 50% whole clusters and gentle pump overs, followed by about 24 months of levage: a higher share of new barrels in the first year, then once used wood to knit the texture while letting the fruit speak. This wine is offered from a private cellar, Terms and Conditions for Private Cellars apply.