Sylvain Cathiard Bourgogne-Hautes Cotes de Nuits 'Les Dames Huguettes' 2021

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Availability
In stock
Volume
750ml
Varieties
Region/Country
Burgundy, France
Rating
90 points

Vintages

2021

Description

This tiny Domaine was established by Sylvain Cathiard’s grandfather ( who worked for Domaine de la Romanee Conti and later for Domaine Lamarche) in the 1930s and was then further built and maintained by Sylvain’s father Andre from 1969 until 1985 when Sylvain himself became involved. The following year, Sylvain set up his own with parcels of vines rented from his father and other vignerons, before taking on his father’s original vineyards. In 2006, he was joined by his son, Sebastian, and they formed the estate of Sylvain Cathiard et Fils since 2011 Sebastien is running the Domaine with Sylvain retiring.

Based in Vosne, his 5 hectares span Vosne-Romanée, Nuits-St-Georges and Chambolle-Musigny, with a very small parcel in Romanée-St-Vivant located directly below Romanee Conti where they are officially the smallest land-owner of this magnificent Grand cru. All vineyard work is carried out with meticulous attention to detail by Sebastien and his wife and a small dedicated team. All vineyard work is done on organic principles although Sebastien has not sought certification.

For winemaking Sebastien has a definite hands-off approach, preferring to do nothing rather than interfere with the natural development of the wines. He de-stems entirely, cold settles the juice for about 10 days and ferments the wines for between 22 and 30 days on skins. The new wines are matured for 18 months in oak of which about 90% is from Tonnellerie Remond and 10% from Francois Freres as follows: Village wines, roughly 1/3rd new oak and 2/3rds of 1 year old; 1er Crus, roughly 50% new oak and 50% 1-year-old; Grand Cru, two new barrels and one one-year-old barrel. Since 2000 none of the wines are fined or filtered.

Ratings

Score
90 points
Reviewer
Tim Atkin
Score
87 - 88 points
Reviewer
Jasper Morris

Specifications

Closure
Cork
Serving Temp.
14-18 °C
Cellar until
Now - 2031
Decanter
Food pairing
Roasted chicken with tarragon

Sylvain Cathiard Bourgogne-Hautes Cotes de Nuits 'Les Dames Huguettes' 2021

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