2010 Nuits-St Georges, Aux Murgers, 1er Cru, Domaine Sylvain Cathiard

This wine is so densely concentrated that you can almost feel how small the berries were in 2010. Very solid, showing predominantly black fruit and a little touch of spice, this is completed by fine ripe tannins that provide the structure.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Director

2010 is the first vintage to be made in the new cuvérie at this domaine, but it will be the last that is vinified by Sylvain Cathiard himself, he is handing over responsibility to his son Sébastien in 2011. The harvest began on 25th September with volumes just a little down compared to previous years, but as ever, Sylvain and his son have produced a most seductive range of wines.

Sweet Spot Wines from the 2010 Vintage
(from .48 ha parcel of 65+ year old vines). This chameleonesque terroir can be either mostly Nuits or mostly Vosne but in 2010, it really does seem to be a beautiful hybrid of the two as the spicy and ripe dark berry fruit aromas also display a hint of the sauvage along with noticeably earth nuances. The flavors however are much more Nuits in character as they are rich, powerful, dense and concentrated with excellent phenolic maturity to the structural elements. This broad-shouldered effort possesses fine balance and I very much like the overall sense of harmony plus it should reward 12 to 15 years of cellar time. 2022+
(Allen Meadows - burghound.com - January 2012)