Sylvain Cathiard Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts 2021 [NET] NO20231101 wild with herbs -- and

wild with herbs -- and Domaine de Sulauze planted it on the mainland

officinal herbs

achieved phenolic ripeness at lower sugar levels

cooler vintage—a youthful Pauillac built for the cellar

he and his wife bought a plateau near Nîmes covered in rounded galets — the same stones you see in Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Sylvain Cathiard Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts 2021 [NET] NO20231101 wild with herbs -- andAfter a streak of warm vintages, 2021 brought Burgundy back to its classical roots cooler, lower in alcohol, with the perfumed lift and acid drive that older Burgundy drinkers grew up loving. Cathiard's Malconsorts in this style is a quiet revelation: lifted red fruit instead of dark, perfume instead of weight, the deep clay of this La Tche adjacent climat translating cool vintage detail into something both refined and serious. Yields were brutally