2019 Côte de Nuits

Another new addition to the Cathiard cellar in 2019. It feels slightly more structured than the Aux Chaumes at this early stage, with a saline drive.

40% Gamay with the rest Pinot Noir, from a 38 year old vineyard. Great density, with crunchy berries, grip, and long, fine finish.

A recent addition to the Cathiard portfolio from Burgundy's 'other' white grape. Fresh, bright, and invitingly balanced.

This premier cru has an enviable exposure, similar to Clos St Jacques in Gevrey. These 65 year old vines were planted by Sébastien’s great grandfather when he was a tenant farmer. Wonderfully cool but ripe, intense fruit.

This is the flagship wine of the estate, the one on which its considerable reputation has been built. Often the most closed in youth, it has the power and structure to evolve magnificently with time. Phenomenally complex and compelling.

From five parcels in four different sites, this Vosne is spicy, fragrant, and incredibly long. Beautiful energy on the finish.

Delicate and perfumed on the nose. When the quality of fruit is this good, it becomes irrelevant its classification is merely Bourgogne.

Suchots of one of the largest and most famous premiers crus in Vosne-Romanée, just below Les Beaux-Monts and Aux Brûlées, with Echezeaux to its north, and Romanée-Saint-Vivant to its south. It makes a powerful, structured, and spicy wine, with fresh elegance beneath.

One of three new additions to the Cathiard cellar in 2019, along with two Hautes-Côtes de Nuits. This comes from a single parcel, Champ Franc. It has a lovely dark fruit nose and some supple tannins.

Aux Murgers is close to the border with Vosne, and has some of that appellation’s signature elegance. Half the vines are 70 years old, the other half 50+. It produces one of the most sumptuous and satin-like expressions of Nuits-St-Georges.

The Reignots vineyard sits on the steep incline of the hill as it rises up just above La Romanée. It was only replanted a few decades ago, and the young vines produce a fragrant and elegant style of Vosne.

Half of En Orveaux is included within Echezeaux grand cru. This comes from the upper half of the lieu dit as the slope rises up, and the views from here are spectacular. The wine is intense with a beautifully controlled power harnessed from the 70 year old vines.

This well-placed village parcel sits right in the middle of the appellation beneath premier cru Les Charmes. It produces a charming and delicately inviting wine with floral notes, and a red berry core.

A new addition to the Cathiard cellar in 2019. The vineyards Sébastien has taken on he says are in excellent condition, and now farmed along organic lines. This is a blend of several parcels with wines aged between 10 and 70 years. It shows spicy fresh fruit, with some lovely crunch and drive.

This is only ever made in tiny volumes, as is the case in 2019. The power and complexity of the fruit matched with the new oak are transporting. No wonder it is so highly prized.