Supple and charming, the 2021 Marsannay Les Longeroies bursts with aromas of sweet red berries, orange zest and peonies, followed by a medium to full-bodied, seamless palate with a fleshy core of fruit that's framed by melting tannins. It's one of the more gourmand wines in the range.

From a parcel in the Bas des Longeroies, Pataille's 2017 Marsannay Les Longeroies delivers a beautiful bouquet of rose petals, peonies, blood orange, red plums and raspberries. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, supple and voluminous, with an ample and layered core of fruit that entirely conceals the wine's powdery structuring tannins. This is one of the fleshier wines in the range.

The 2016 Marsannay Les Longeroies sported aromatics that were a dead ringer for Ribena (children's blackcurrant drink). The palate is quite primal with gritty tannin, a more masculine Marsannay compared to Sylvain's other 2016s but for me, missing the charm and joie-de-vivre, a little too serious and self-absorbed.

The 2015 Marsannay les Longeroies has a tempting bouquet with inviting mulberry, red plum and crushed strawberry aromas that have great intensity and volume, floral hints emerging later. You could lose yourself in these aromas. The palate is smooth and caressing on the entry. There is plenty of red cherry, raspberry and blackcurrant notes, touches of spice upon the well-defined and quite "pert" finish. This is a lovely Marsannay from one of its finest vineyards.

The 2014 Marsannay les Longeroies has a masculine, tobacco-tinged bouquet with lifted red berry fruits that seem to turn more black with time in the glass. The palate is fleshy on the entry with fine tannin, but I find the finish a little grippy and austere on the aftertaste. Hopefully it will develop more fruit by the time of bottling.