2023 Sylvain Cathiard Aux Thorey, Nuits-Saint-George Premier Cru, France Vindiou the Murphys

the Murphys

NOTES: The perfect balance of energy

grapes are cooled down for 12 hours

Because this vineyard has the potential to produce intensely structured wines

It was then pressed directly into neutral French Oak barrels and aged for 18 months without racking or stirring before being racked to tank for bottling

2023 Sylvain Cathiard Aux Thorey, Nuits-Saint-George Premier Cru, France Vindiou the MurphysFrom a small, mid slope parcel in the northern sector of Nuits, near the Vosne border, with eastsoutheast exposure over very shallow, stony limestone capped by thin clay; farming is organic in practice. The fruit is hand harvested, strictly sorted, and 100% destemmed after ~810 days of cold maceration, then fermented 1020 days with indigenous yeasts and gentle cap work, with no SO before malolactic. levage runs 1518 months in French oak with roughly