Sylvain Pataille, the first of his family to be involved in wine for several generations, qualified as an oenologist in 1997 and consults widely. He has also been developing his own label since 2001, dependent on rented parcels of vineyard around Marsannay. Most of them are AOC Marsannay but he also has access to some land in Chenôve just north of Marsannay that officially qualifies as AOC Bourgogne.