Sylvain Cathiard Bourgogne Rouge 2020 [NET] NO20230927 A sweet wine from a

A sweet wine from a hanging-garden vineyard in the Pyrenees foothills

which is another way of saying the hard way

Organic farming from the ground up and spontaneous native yeast fermentation mean every bottle tells the story of natural winemaking done with precision and care

vines are 30 to 60 years old

It drinks like a thoughtful California take on a Chianti-bar pour

Sylvain Cathiard Bourgogne Rouge 2020 [NET] NO20230927 A sweet wine from aSbastien Cathiard runs one of Vosne Romane's most coveted addresses, and his Bourgogne Rouge is the bottling that gets it into the hands of mortals. The fruit comes from tiny parcels near the village including a plot in Flagey just opposite Clos Vougeot farmed and vinified with the same precision Cathiard applies to his Grand Crus. Strict destemming, careful extraction, aging in used oak. The result is unmistakably Cathiard: silky, perfumed, and built