May 20, 2024 - Corked
May 3, 2024 - Finished bottle prev Coravined. The notes of cinnamon and cloves were a little too dominant over the fruit for me. Maybe needing a little more time in the glass. First of 6. Initial impression was that I preferred the previous 2 vintages,
April 5, 2024 - Small glass by Coravin. Expressive nose, mainly cherry, with a little spice. Darker in colour than previous vintages, but I'm not getting a sense of extraction the way some have noted.
More cherry, not too sour, on the palate, all quite primary for now, but expect more to come later. Another good and typical expression of Pataille wine. It seems a little more robust/less subtle than some previous vintages but that's not a fault for me anyway.
March 2, 2024 - Strawberry, cherry, little bit of bubble gum with savory note.
February 12, 2024 - Expressive nose with spiced red cherry and raspberry. With air, black cherry notes came to the fore. Some earthy touches. Fine tannin structure and fresh acidity. Lovely fruit expression. Long, savoury-touched finish. Drinking well now.
February 4, 2024 - Dissapointed with this one. Subdued nose. Quite straightforward, with red fruit (red cherry, cranberry, raspberry), med acidity and lowish tannin. Med finish. Nose did develop with time, but for me this lacked the complexity (and that funky edge) of the standard Pataille Bourgogne.
Possibly just needs more time. Will try leave my other two for 2/3 years.
January 13, 2024 - Much better than the longeroies in my opinion - lots of dark fruits both palate and nose, very stable. Already very good for drinking now. I have enjoyed all of Sylvian Patailles wines so far - looking forward to more.
December 29, 2023 - This was dark, in colour and fruit. Pretty extracted. In fact, it reminded me a bit of Rhone syrah. At the moment more a wine of power than subtlety. Not going to touch the next bottle for a fair few years
December 24, 2023 - Mid ruby, nose of black cherry, morello cherry, raspberry, strawberry, vanilla, smoke & cedar. Nice mouth weight, high acidity. Medium grippy tannins. To taste black cherry, red cherry, smoke, meat, strawberry & raspberry. Decent length. Very good. Nice balance, good flavours and developing. Drinking nicely but room for more.
December 15, 2023 - Quite a delicate appearance, really concentrated fruit (lots of darker, as others reviewers said) and a little earthiness peaking out from under it