Domaine Sylvain Pataille Marsannay Rouge La Montagne 2022 campaign-feature chalk for structure

chalk for structure

The wine is traditionally fermented and aged 30 months in large Slavonian oak casks

making this the format to buy if you're laying bottles down for the long haul

and the salt wind does the rest

Lou and Susan Preston bought a prune orchard in Dry Creek Valley in 1973 and turned it into one of Sonoma's quiet institutions — certified organic since 2002

Domaine Sylvain Pataille Marsannay Rouge La Montagne 2022 campaign-feature chalk for structureLa Montagne sits at the top of Marsannay's slope at 315 meters, where the soil is shallow enough that the vines root more or less straight into the hard Comblanchien and Prmeaux limestone beneath which is exactly where the wine's cool, mineral snap comes from. Sylvain Pataille ferments it with 100% whole clusters and ambient yeasts, ages it 18 months, and adds sulfur only at bottling; the farming is certified organic with biodynamic work. Marsannay