Sylvain Pataille
Sylvain Pataille does not come from a family of winemakers, his grandfather was one when he was little, but after the First World War and the economic crisis he sold the land, keeping only 0.2ha which he then gave to his son where they grew gamay and aligoté to produce their own wine for home. Sylvain's father was a bus driver, but with a great passion for wine. Thanks to his talent as a handyman mechanic, over the years he began to help the best Marsannay producers to manufacture cutting-edge tools for working in the vineyards. Thus, thanks to a small plot of land and family friendships, Sylvain Pataille was immersed in the world of wine from an early age. He enrolled in the school for winemakers at 14, then the technical diploma in viticulture and oenology and finally, not content, a degree in oenology in Bordeaux. Returning home at the end of the 90s, he worked for a few years as a consultant at an analysis laboratory in Dijon. His talent was so great that he soon became a consultant for historic companies in Cote d'Or such as Chateau de la Tour, owner of Clos de Vougeot. Sylvain was happy with his work but frustrated by the fact that after having followed the wines in the cellar they were no longer his cup of tea, it was not his path, he wanted to be a vigneron. In '99 the first hectare of vineyard, in 2001 he left the analysis laboratory with the first 4 ha of vineyard. The years followed and the great fortune of being able to increase the surface area of the company to the current 24 ha. However, he has never abandoned his work as a consultant which he continues to do for about fifteen important companies in Cote de Nuit and Cote Chalonnaise. Condensing Sylvain Pataille's work into a few lines is not easy. Meanwhile we are in Marsannay, an AOC that did not enjoy the Premier Cru and Grand Cru denominations in 1935, for the simple fact that Marsannay had always served wines to the city of Dijon for daily consumption and there were a lot of Gamay and Aligoté planted there unlike the rest of the Cote d'Or devoted to the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vines. Despite this, Marsannay, for its trade with Dijon has always been a rich town, as witnessed by the stately buildings and an ancient wine-growing tradition still immortalized today in the “Pressoir des Ducs de Bourgogne” of 1293 located in the heart of the town, in Chenove, a hamlet of Marsannay. Being away from the Cote d'Or was a stroke of luck for Sylvain, as all the Marsannay producers try to do a great job both in the field, most of the vignerons are organic, and in the cellar working in a traditional way, unlike the rest of the Cote d'Or, where the reputation of the terroir sometimes exceeds the commitment in the daily actions of the companies. Sylvain Pataille He works only from organic viticulture, mostly from his own vineyards or works on the vineyards of the suppliers from whom he can buy grapes. Sylvain Pataille has great respect for the leiux dits of Marsannay, where he vinifies them separately to guarantee the identity of each one. He is also in love with Aligoté, expressing potential on the different terroirs that are unheard of by most people for a grape variety as indigenous to Burgundy as Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. In the cellar Sylvain works in the old fashioned way trying to use as little energy as possible, especially electricity, pressing for whites and reds in large vertical presses, spontaneous fermentations without added sulfur, the reds are almost exclusively vinified as grappas. All the wines of Sylvain Pataille age at least 2 winters in the cellar, except the Aligoté classique which comes out after only one winter.
Sylvain Pataille does not come from a family of winemakers, his grandfather was one when he was little, but after the First World War and the economic crisis he sold the land, keeping only 0.2ha which he then gave to his son where they grew gamay and aligoté to produce their own wine for home. Sylvain's father was a bus driver, but with a great passion for wine. Thanks to his talent as a handyman mechanic, over the years he began to help the best Marsannay producers to manufacture cutting-edge tools for working in the vineyards. Thus, thanks to a small plot of land and family friendships, Sylvain Pataille was immersed in the world of wine from an early age. He enrolled in the school for winemakers at 14, then the technical diploma in viticulture and oenology and finally, not content, a degree in oenology in Bordeaux. Returning home at the end of the 90s, he worked for a few years as a consultant at an analysis laboratory in Dijon. His talent was so great that he soon became a consultant for historic companies in Cote d'Or such as Chateau de la Tour, owner of Clos de Vougeot. Sylvain was happy with his work but frustrated by the fact that after having followed the wines in the cellar they were no longer his cup of tea, it was not his path, he wanted to be a vigneron. In '99 the first hectare of vineyard, in 2001 he left the analysis laboratory with the first 4 ha of vineyard. The years followed and the great fortune of being able to increase the surface area of the company to the current 24 ha. However, he has never abandoned his work as a consultant which he continues to do for about fifteen important companies in Cote de Nuit and Cote Chalonnaise. Condensing Sylvain Pataille's work into a few lines is not easy. Meanwhile we are in Marsannay, an AOC that did not enjoy the Premier Cru and Grand Cru denominations in 1935, for the simple fact that Marsannay had always served wines to the city of Dijon for daily consumption and there were a lot of Gamay and Aligoté planted there unlike the rest of the Cote d'Or devoted to the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vines. Despite this, Marsannay, for its trade with Dijon has always been a rich town, as witnessed by the stately buildings and an ancient wine-growing tradition still immortalized today in the “Pressoir des Ducs de Bourgogne” of 1293 located in the heart of the town, in Chenove, a hamlet of Marsannay. Being away from the Cote d'Or was a stroke of luck for Sylvain, as all the Marsannay producers try to do a great job both in the field, most of the vignerons are organic, and in the cellar working in a traditional way, unlike the rest of the Cote d'Or, where the reputation of the terroir sometimes exceeds the commitment in the daily actions of the companies. Sylvain Pataille He works only from organic viticulture, mostly from his own vineyards or works on the vineyards of the suppliers from whom he can buy grapes. Sylvain Pataille has great respect for the leiux dits of Marsannay, where he vinifies them separately to guarantee the identity of each one. He is also in love with Aligoté, expressing potential on the different terroirs that are unheard of by most people for a grape variety as indigenous to Burgundy as Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. In the cellar Sylvain works in the old fashioned way trying to use as little energy as possible, especially electricity, pressing for whites and reds in large vertical presses, spontaneous fermentations without added sulfur, the reds are almost exclusively vinified as grappas. All the wines of Sylvain Pataille age at least 2 winters in the cellar, except the Aligoté classique which comes out after only one winter.
