Sylvain Cathiard Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts 2020 [NET] champagne-club wood and citrus flavours with

wood and citrus flavours with a fresh and nutty persistent finish

and smoke layer over full-bodied structure

and a saline pull from the limestone scree

raised in 75% new French oak

the saboteurs burned the factories

Sylvain Cathiard Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts 2020 [NET] champagne-club wood and citrus flavours with2020 is the balancing act a warm vintage, no question, but one where the better addresses pulled off ripeness without flab, density without heat. Cathiard's Malconsorts in 2020 lands on that knife edge: the deep red clay of this climat (the upper middle slice, directly adjacent to La Tche) gives ripeness real lift, and Sbastien's restrained hand keeps everything in line. The result is plush, pure, and lifted modern Burgundy at its most coherent.