Sylvain Cathiard Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts 2018 [NET] CS20230516 Aged 15 months in barrel

Aged 15 months in barrel

Made with Korean short-grain rice

chalky line running straight through the middle

and a reminder that dry Anjou Chenin is one of the best deals in white wine

Casa Dragones Joven is a small batch

Sylvain Cathiard Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts 2018 [NET] CS20230516 Aged 15 months in barrel2018 is the modern Burgundy vintage in its most generous mode a warm, ripe, abundant year that produced wines of immediate appeal, fuller bodied than the classical cool vintage profile but still capable of transparency in the right hands. Cathiard's Malconsorts in 2018 puts on the muscle without losing the address: the deep red clay of this climat, sitting flush against La Tche, channels the vintage's warmth into something fleshier and darker fruited