2021 Domaine Sylvain Pataille Marsannay L'Ancestrale

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Score 91-93/100 · Drink 2025-2040, Neal Martin, Jan 2023

The 2021 Marsannay L'Ancestrale, a selection of Pataille's best old vines that are ploughed by horse, has quite an intense bouquet with blackberry and raspberry fruit, just a touch of pencil lead in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with fine definition, very elegant and poised, pure with liquorice notes on the finish. Superb.

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92
91-93/100

Neal Martin

93
93/100

William Kelley, Wine Advocate

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93 points
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
Score 93/100 · Drink 2023-2040, William Kelley, Wine Advocate, Jan 2023

The 2021 Marsannay L'Ancestrale is often Pataille's most structured, reserved bottling, and that style, informed by old-vine origins, matches very well with this charming vintage. Offering up aromas of wild berries, peonies, orange rind, violets and spices, it's medium to full-bodied, supple and fleshy, with sweet tannins, lively acids and a seamless, giving profile.

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Sylvain Pataille
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Red

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