"The family Domaine was established by Sylvain Cathiard’s grandfather in the 1930s and then maintained by Sylvain’s father from 1969 until 1985, when Sylvain himself became involved. The following year, Sylvain set up his own with parcels of vines rented from his father and other vignerons, before taking on his father’s original vineyards. From 2006, he has been joined by his son, Sebastian, and they have formed the estate of Sylvain Cathiard et Fils. Based in Vosne, his 5 hectares span Vosne-Romanée, Nuits-St-Georges and Chambolle-Musigny, with a very small parcel in Romanée-St-Vivant. All vineyard work is carried out with meticulous attention to detail by only himself, his son and his wife. For winemaking Sylvain has a definite hands-off approach, preferring to do nothing rather than interfere with the natural development of the wines. He destems entirely, cold settles the juice and ferments the wines for between 16 and 22 days. The new wines are matured for 18 months in oak as follows: Village wines, 40% new oak and 60% 1 year old; 1er Crus, 70-80% new oak and 20-30% 1 year old; Grand Cru, 100% new oak. Since 2000 none of the wines are fined or filtered." (Vintage and Vine)