2021 Domaine Sylvain Pataille, Marsannay Rouge 'Clos du Roy', Cote de Nuits, France Wolfram Stempel This ultimate wine is aged

This ultimate wine is aged in large Slavonian oak barrels for 18 months and then racked into small French oak (Allier) barrels for the final six month stage of its élevage

" 633 cases of 750 mL bottles produced

It’s distilled in a filipino hybrid still (clay-wood-clay-copper)

Despite an unprecedented dry lightning storm on August 17th that set several areas in Northern California ablaze

Vines planted in 1937

2021 Domaine Sylvain Pataille, Marsannay Rouge 'Clos du Roy', Cote de Nuits, France Wolfram Stempel This ultimate wine is agedVariety: Pinot Noir Vine Age: Planted in 1952, 1965, 1978, 2001, 2003 6 Terroir: Moderate slope facing east to southeast. Gravelly (grzes lite), slightly reddish, iron rich soil (Rabbit Earth). 270 meters elevation. From the limestonemarl slopes at the northern end of Marsannay, Clos du Roy is Patailles most statuesque village site, farmed organically with low yields and hand harvesting. Fermentation is spontaneous with a healthy share of whole