Domaine Sylvain Pataille Bourgogne Aligoté "La Charme aux Prêtres" dry white 2021 (3 bottles)

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Domaine Sylvain Pataille Bourgogne Aligoté "La Charme aux Prêtres" dry white 2021

Guide RVF of the Best Wines of France 2025 (August 2024): 92/100. We tasted four superb Aligotés: a tangy La Charme aux Prêtres, sober and quite haunting.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (William Kelley - January 2023): 90/100. From a parcel planted in 1949, the 2021 Bourgogne Aligoté La Charme aux Prêtres reveals scents of pear, peach, clear honey, fresh mint and white flowers. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and ample, it's underpinned by racy acids and concludes with a saline finish. Drink date: 2023-2035.

Technical sheet written by the domaine:

My domaine extends over 14 hectares exclusively located in the Marsannay appellation; becoming a winemaker has been an obvious choice since my youngest age. While working as a consulting oenologist, I took over one hectare of rented vines in 1999, then the area increased to two hectares in 2000, then 4 hectares in 2001, the year I left the lab to fully devote myself to the domaine and a small consulting activity. 2002 saw a significant evolution with the expansion to 10 hectares, and especially the arrival of beautiful parcels.

Moreover, the domaine is certified organic (since 2008) and is currently in the process of biodynamic certification with Ecocert."

Marsannay blanc 'La Charme aux Prêtres' needs time to blend and express itself.

Grape variety: 100% Aligoté.

Terroir: La Charme aux Prêtres. Superficial soil of very calcareous bedrock with red clays on the surface, which imparts a very strong minerality to this wine.

Vinification: Aged for 2 years in barrels with 2/3 new barrels the first year and 1/3 in the second part of the aging. Alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts, aging on lees, and light stirring (2 or 3 times).

Bottling after 24/27 months of aging depending on the vintages and tastings (minimum 20 months in barrels then 3 months of clarification in tanks) with light filtration to avoid stripping the wines.