Notes:

Burghound 90-92 “Top Value. Outstanding.”

“A discreet application of wood sets off an earthy array of red and dark currant scents that are trimmed in plenty of floral and soft earth elements. The sleek, vibrant and utterly delicious medium weight flavors exhibit good minerality on the balanced, refreshing and lingering finish that is firm if not quite as structured as the Longeroies. This overtly stony effort is also very good and a wine that should amply reward a decade plus of cellaring.”

Vinous Media (Neal Martin) 91-93

“The 2017 Marsannay Clos du Roy had been racked a month before my visit and was due to be returned to barrel for another six months. It contains 100% whole bunches - not that you can detect a single stem on the fulsome, generous bouquet of red cherries mixed with strawberry and raspberry. The fresh, vibrant palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, a fine bead of acidity and one of the most precise finishes among Pataille’s reds this year. Classy.”