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| "Sébastien Cathiard has quietly gone about making Domaine Sylvain Cathiard one of the most elite producers in Vosne-Romanée ..."
Neal Martin, Vinous |
| | | | | | "… Sylvain Cathiard’s reputation has been ascendant for over a decade and the name is presently revered as one of the top exponents of Vosne-Romanée.
The Domaine was established in the 1930s when their fruit was sold to local négociant as was common back in those days. According to Clive Coates, Alfred Cathiard moved to Burgundy in 1901 and worked at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and, yes, in case you were wondering, the family is distantly related to the Cathiard’s chez Château Smith Haut Lafitte. Sylvain’s father André ran the estate from 1969 until 1985, his son becoming more involved in the latter years. He began to rent his vines from his family supplemented by fermage agreements, before taking over his father’s own vines when André retired in 1985. The wines during the early 1990s were a little rustic, but throughout that decade Sylvain honed his style, producing refined, intense, terroir-driven wines that used healthy percentages of quality oak to lend them a sheen, not unlike, say, Lalou Bize-Leroy nearby. This is when I became acquainted with the name, courtesy of my girlfriend (now wife) who was working for one of his UK distributors, Berry Brothers & Rudd. Back in the late 1990s, you could pick up one of his Premier Crus for around twenty quid and that was before her staff discount ….
Sylvain, and occasionally his wife Odette, was always a congenial host, a noble paysan usually attired in the same old jumper with the calloused hands of lifetime labor. The reins have been handed over to his son Sébastien who has worked in Chablis, at Château Smith Haut Lafitte, and at Fromm in Marlborough, New Zealand, undertaking his first solo vintage at the Domaine in 2011 – always good to have a global perspective …. They have a glittering array of parcels centered around Vosne-Romanée, including choice cuts of Premier Crus crowned by a glorious Romanée -Saint-Vivant, whose price has rocketed in recent years (and you can see why if you are lucky enough to taste it.) Sylvain’s modus operandi has always been minimalist intervention in the vineyard (lutte raisonée), the fruit completely de-stemmed after rigorous sorting .... and no fining or filtration since 2000."
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate |
| | "I started picking in the Côte de Nuits on 23 September [in 2021] and four days later in the Hautes Côtes. Everything is 100% de-stemmed, and underwent a maximum of five or six pigeages and the wines are aged in 20% to 25% new oak for the Hautes-Côtes, 50% to 66% for the Premier and Grand Crus. They will spend a second winter in barrel, mostly from the Raymond cooperage and the remainder François Frères, and be bottled in March or April."
Sébastien Cathiard
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| | | The fourth vintage of this release |
| ▪ "The 2022 Bourgogne Aligoté comes from vines located mainly in the Hautes Côtes, plus some in Nuits-Saint-Georges. Its splendid bouquet articulates the attractiveness of the variety. The palate is well-balanced and steely - no surprise, given that it is raised in stainless steel. There is a nice, spicy finish here."
Neal Martin, Vinous |
| ▪ "An exuberant nose is very Aligoté in character with its aromas of green apple, spice, and citrus confit. The racy yet nicely rich flavors possess a caressing mouthfeel while delivering acceptable depth and persistence on the refreshingly dry finale."
Allen Meadows, Burghound |
| | | | | The first vintage of this release |
| ▪ "This is a new cuvée from Villers-la-Faye fruit. An ultra-fresh and very bright nose freely offers up its array of red berries, plum, and even more floral wisps. There is again a lovely textured to the beautifully delineated and stony middleweight flavors that conclude in a youthfully austere, linear and chiseled finale. This is also really quite good and worth considering."
Allen Meadows, Burghound |
| ▪ "Grown on heavier clay-based soils in the village of Villers-la-Faye, 85% from the lieu-dit La Pièce Dame Marie, 2.5 hectares in all. Medium crimson purple colour. The bouquet shows good fruit ripeness, and in deed there are some plummy notes along with ripe raspberry on the palate, with a saline touch at the end."
Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy |
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