Sylvain Cathiard Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts 2021 [NET] NO20230927 Opok is the rocky clay

Opok is the rocky clay and silt that sits over chalky marl subsoil

and their two Chignin-Bergeron cuvées (Bergeron is Savoie's name for Roussanne) trade off as a study in terroir

and honest

having secured parcels in the prestigious Lorch Kapellenberg—a small

as though biting straight into a perfectly ripe blood orange

Sylvain Cathiard Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts 2021 [NET] NO20230927 Opok is the rocky clayAfter 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