Sylvain Cathiard Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts 2021 [NET]

After 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 Tâche-adjacent climat translating cool-vintage detail into something both refined and serious. Yields were brutally small after the April frost, so what’s here is precious — and unmistakably a return to form.