Domaine Sylvain Pataille Marsannay Rouge En Clemengeots 2022 no ups Lush and zesty

Lush and zesty

20% meunier

then in 2010 Loic Barrat and Aurelie Masson pulled out to make their own wine from their own vines

built from 50-60 year old vines plus additional parcels of 80-year-old bush vines

the third generation on the Montagne de Reims

Domaine Sylvain Pataille Marsannay Rouge En Clemengeots 2022 no ups Lush and zestyEn Clemengeots is a tiny single parcel in the commune of Couchey, an enclave within the prized Champ Salomon lieu dit, planted in 1951 on argilo calcareous soil with limestone outcrops. Sylvain Pataille works the site biodynamically and ferments with 50 percent whole clusters before 18 months in barrel with 15 percent new oak. The wine carries a marine inflection that's distinctive in his lineup, a saline edge to its red fruit, violet, and sweet spice