Sylvain Cathiard - Vosne Romanee 1er Cru En Orveaux 2020 (Pre-arrival) (750ml)
Price: $635.00
| Producer | Sylvain Cathiard |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Subregion | Vosne Romanee |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 9115 |
| Size | 750ml |
Vinous: 93-95 Points
The 2022 Vosne-Romanée En Orveaux 1er Cru has slightly darker blacker fruit on the nose compared to the Aux Reignots a heightened marine influence in the background - sea spray and hints of Japanese nori. The medium-bodied palate has firm tannins and more body than the Aux Reignots with a grippy quite intense finish. This will require 5-7 years in a cool cellar. (Drink between 2028-2050)
Jasper Morris: 93-95 Points
Mid purple super perfumed on the nose delicate red berries with a little overcoat of vanilla. A core density to the fruit now showing more wild strawberries on the palate less finesse than Reignots but an intensity which is very pleasing
Wine Advocate: 92-94 Points
The 2022 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru En Orveaux is rich and robust offering up aromas of plums sweet berries confit orange and spices framed by a touch of creamy new oak. Medium to full-bodied fleshy and layered with a textural attack and a deep enveloping core of fruit it concludes with a saline finish. As usual this is the insiders' choice among Cathiard's premiers crus. Sébastien Cathiard is habitually a late harvester but in 2022 he began picking on September 2 a week earlier than in 2020 or 2018 in what was in principle a later growing season. Alcohol levels are lower as a result between 12% and 13.6 % and the wines are more classically proportioned aging peacefully in his massively expanded cellars deep underground in Vosne-Romanée. As readers will remember the rudiments of the contemporary Cathiard approach are simple: meticulous viticulture?though not I should add especially low yields?and careful sorting followed by complete destemming macerations of 20 to 30 days and maturation in barrels principally from Tonnellerie Rémond (drawing on the Tronçais Allier and Jupilles forests in equal proportions) from some 15 to18 months. While we think of this estate as a Vosne-Romanée producer since 2019 when Cathiard purchased several hectares predominantly in the Hautes-Côtes fully two-thirds of the domaine's surface is devoted to regional appellations. Published: Jan 18 2024
