“Do I need to tell you how much I adore Sylvain Cathiard's wines? This is a seriously good quality producer of Vosne-Romanée, one whose star is in the ascendant. These are gloriously silky smooth, complex wines; not just with the top Premier Crus but down to the generic Burgundy. It’s the intensity and focus that set Cathiard apart, wines with supreme definition and purity that seduce the palate like a beautiful courtesan. I would love to tast...
The history of Domaine Sylvain Cathiard began in 1930 when Sylvain’s grandfather Alfred Cathiard who worked at Domaine de la Romanee Conti and at Lamarche was being given a humble plot in Vosne Romanee, he soon enlarged his holdings by contracting numerous metayage agreements with the Thomas-Moillard family. During that time, Cathiard was only selling its production to negociants but in the 50’s he and his son Andre started selling their wine ...
This small 5 hectares estate is surprisingly rich in terms of appellations, with holdings spread over the communes of Vosnes Romanee, Nuits-Saint-George and Chambolle-Musigny with a very interesting range of 1er Crus like the Nuits-Saint-Georges, Aux Thorey and of course some of the most praised Grands Crus such as the Romanee Saint Vivant and a small share of the Clos Vougeot. Most of the vines are between 40 to 60 years old.
The viticulture practices follow the Lutte Raisonnée principles, the vineyards are being ploughed and the use of chemicals is minimized. The policy is to find the perfect stage of ripeness since Sylvain is always seeking to keep certain freshness in his wines. A very careful sorting is performed in the vineyards and in the cellar, the overall winemaking remains traditional: the fruit is fully separated from its stalk, the berries will undergo ...
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