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Bottle of Sylvain Cathiard Romanee Saint Vivant 2016 [NET]-Red Wine-Flatiron SF

Sylvain Cathiard Romanee Saint Vivant 2016 [NET]

Red Wine from Burgundy, France
by Sylvain Cathiard
$2,599.99
NET

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What is this wine?
Domaine Sylvain Cathiard, now led by Sébastien Cathiard, is one of the most sought-after domaines in Burgundy, producing impossibly rare and ethereal Pinot Noir. Romanée-Saint-Vivant is one of Vosne-Romanée’s crown jewels, a Grand Cru lying just east of Romanée-Conti, celebrated for its sensual perfume and silken texture. The 2016 vintage was marked by severe frost and low yields, making production tiny, but the resulting wines are concentrated, pure, and long-lived.

Why get this wine?
Cathiard’s wines are already cult-level, and his Romanée-Saint-Vivant sits at the very peak of rarity and prestige. With microscopic production and immense global demand, this is one of the hardest Burgundies to acquire. The 2016 vintage, with its combination of delicacy, intensity, and age-worthiness, ensures this bottling will stand as a reference-point wine for collectors.

What does this wine taste like?
Exquisite red cherry, raspberry, and strawberry with layers of rose petal, exotic spice, and Vosne’s signature silky minerality. Complex and ethereal, with fine-grained tannins, vibrant acidity, and a finish of haunting length.

When should you drink this wine?
Best 2026–2050. Decant gently if drinking in its youth. Perfect with refined dishes like roast squab, pigeon, or truffle-infused cuisine.

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Cathiard is a tiny domain - there never is very much wine. You enter a spick and span white stucco suburban home in the center of the small village of Vosne Romanee. There is a walled vineyard outside the front door. Go down the staircase and you are in a minuscule cuverie and barrel room. Not a lot of barrels here either. No wonder the wine is sold in 6 bottle cases.

Sebastien Cathiard has been slowly assuming control of this top estate in Vosne-Romanée from his father Sylvain. He is now fully in charge, but the wines have been so good for so long that he wisely has changed very little. They continue to farm meticulously, de-stem and rigorously sort all the fruit prior to fermentation. The only thing he has changed is the gradual reduction of new oak, seeking a bit more purity of terroir expression.

Professional Reviews

Burghound

BH 96
"Once again the kaleidoscopically spicy nose of various red and dark berry aromas is restrained and cool. The sleek, vibrant and gorgeously textured and refined middle weight flavors deliver sneaky good length on the beautifully well-balanced finish. This brilliant effort is a wine of lace and grace." -Allen Meadows

Robert Parker

RP 97
"There are the usual three barrels of 2016 Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru this year, two of them new. There is a brooding intensity here, not unlike a Richebourg, more backward than recent vintages that I have tasted, yet after a couple of minutes you are overcome by intoxicating floral aromas that envelop the senses. The palate is medium-bodied with saturated black cherries, cassis, minerals and orange pith, the backbone of the Malconsorts with a very deep, quite grippy finish. Give this a decade in bottle if you can afford to wait that long, or if not, build a time machine." -Neal Martin

Jancis Robinson

JR 17.5
"Three barrels, of which two were new. Vines planted 1919. Deep bright crimson. Sweet oaky nose and a greater delicacy on the palate than heretofore. All in the black-fruit spectrum. Chewy tannins but all the fruit and freshness at the core to balance. Firm but balanced. Dark, savoury and utterly embryonic. Approach with caution." -Julia Harding MW

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Pinot Noir

  • Vintage

    2016

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Earthy , Elegant , Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied