Domain Sylvain Cathiard Nuits Saint-Georges Aux Thorey 2020 Bottle (75cl)
Domaine Cathiard Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Thorey 2020 is a red Burgundy wine from the Aux Thorey parcel in the Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation. Classified as Village, it is crafted from 100% Pinot Noir. The Wine Advocate awards it 91-93/100, describing a full-bodied and velvety wine driven by notes of plum, cassis, blackberry, and cherry, with vibrant acidity and a fragrant finish. The publication also highlights its broad aging potential.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Nuits Saint-Georges
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Cathiard
- Parcelle / Cru
- Aux Thorey
- Millésime
- 2020
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Cathiard
Domaine Sylvain Cathiard et Fils is a family-run estate based in Vosne-Romanée, in the Côte de Nuits. Run by Sébastien Cathiard, it cultivates around 12.5 hectares of vines, spread across the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits and several appellations in the Côte de Nuits, including Vosne-Romanée, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Chambolle-Musigny and Gevrey-Chambertin. The estate is notably present in the Premier Crus of Vosne-Romanée and owns a small plot in the Grand Cru Romanée-Saint-Vivant.
- Owner
- Famille Cathiard
- Maître de chais
- Sébastien Cathiard
- Surface (ha)
- 12.50 ha
Histoire du domaine
The estate’s origins date back to the 1930s, when Alfred Cathiard, Sylvain Cathiard’s grandfather and a native of Savoie, settled in Burgundy. He worked first for the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and then for the Domaine Lamarche, before acquiring his own plots of land. His son, André Cathiard, subsequently expanded the estate and began bottling part of the production under the family name. Sylvain Cathiard joined his father, then set up his own business before taking over the family vineyards when André retired in 1995. Sébastien Cathiard joined the estate in 2006. He gradually took charge of winemaking and now runs the estate; he has also been chairman of Domaine Sylvain Cathiard et Fils since 2019. Under his leadership, the estate has expanded its cultivated area, notably with vineyards in the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits and additional plots in the Côte de Nuits. The historic vineyard comprises plots in Vosne-Romanée, Nuits-Saint-Georges and Chambolle-Musigny, including, notably, Vosne-Romanée Premiers Crus and a small plot of Romanée-Saint-Vivant. Wine-making takes place at the estate in Vosne-Romanée under the supervision of Sébastien Cathiard and his team.
Aux Thorey
Aux Thorey is a climat in the commune of Nuits-Saint-Georges, in the northern part of the appellation towards Vosne-Romanée. The AOC specifications include it among the climats entitled to claim the Premier Cru designation and partially link it to the cadastral locality "Aux Torey". Local producers report clay-limestone and marly soils, but these observations pertain to their own parcels or the Clos de Thorey and do not uniformly characterize the entire climat.
- Vineyard commune
- Nuits-Saint-Georges
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name appears in the cadastral records as "Aux Torey". An ancient origin linked to the Gallo-Roman name Taurius or the Celtic root "turra", meaning a height, has been suggested without certainty.
- Exposure
- Southeast
- Altitude
- 255–280 m
- Slope
- Gently sloping hillside
- Soil
- Clay-limestone soils, with a strong presence of active limestone in places
- Subsoil and geology
- Limestone substrate; locally documented presence of marl with Ostrea acuminata
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.430000 ha
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 2006
- Vineyard holding status
- Owner, plot acquired in 2006
- Indicative vine age
- Plot planted in 1953.
Histoire de la parcelle
The climat belongs to the Nuits-Saint-Georges AOC, initially recognized by the decree of September 11, 1936. Its specific Premier Cru production area falls under the demarcation approved by the INAO on November 5 and 6, 1985. The application dossier for the Climats of the Burgundy vineyard also identifies it as "Aux Torey / Aux Thorey" in cadastral section A3 of Nuits-Saint-Georges.
