Domaine Sylvain Pataille Marsannay Rouge Longeroies 2022 [NET] Grower Champagne and their two Chignin-Bergeron cuvées

and their two Chignin-Bergeron cuvées (Bergeron is Savoie's name for Roussanne) trade off as a study in terroir

Gorgeous redcurrant and ripe winter fruits with stone-fruit almond

spice and a clear note of wet stone

no legacy to protect

with aromatic intensity matched to profound structural depth

Domaine Sylvain Pataille Marsannay Rouge Longeroies 2022 [NET] Grower Champagne and their two Chignin-Bergeron cuvéesMarsannay's long campaign for premier cru status is the backdrop to this bottle, and Pataille's work is a large part of why the case is being taken seriously. His 0. 83 hectare parcel sits in Bas des Longeroies, the prized lower section of one of the village's largest vineyards a southeast facing slope at 275 meters on gravelly, reddish tan soil over limestone and ancient riverbed alluvium. Two thirds of the vines went in during the early 2000s, a