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ProducerDomaine Sylvain Cathiard & Fils
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Vintage2008
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Grape VarietyPinot Noir
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RegionBurgundy
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Sub RegionNuits-St-Georges
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SizeBottle
Sylvain Cathiard’s grandfather, a foundling from Savoie, came to Burgundy and found work with Domaine de la Romanée Conti (DRC) and Lamarche, subsequently buying a few parcels of vineyards for himself. His son André Cathiard began to bottle some of the crop.
In due course Sylvain began work with his father but then separated to start his own small domaine, until on his father’s retirement in 1995, Sylvain could take back the family vineyards on a renting agreement. He has now been joined by his son Sébastien.
The Cathiards have 5.5 hectares of vineyards in Vosne-Romanée, Nuits-St-Georges and Chambolle-Musigny, including tiny holdings in Clos de Vougeot and Romanée-St-Vivant. A recent addition (from 2006) to the range is the Nuits-St-Georges Aux Thorey.
90-93 Points Allen Meadows
This offers excellent aromatic depth with a complex and layered nose of red, blue and black pinot fruit laced with subtle spice and earth notes, both of which continue onto the serious, rich and relatively full-bodied flavors that are firm, long and quite pure. This is a relatively refined effort for the appellation. *Sweet Spot, Outstanding*
91-94 Points Robert Parker Wine Advocate
From Cathiard’s 65-year old vines, this has a more tertiary driven nose, more introspective at first but opening nicely in the glass and demonstrating some fine minerally scents with further aeration. The palate is medium-bodied, very well balanced with fine but firm tannins, very fresh and poised with cranberry, raspberry and red cherry towards the lingering finish. Excellent.