Catharina Sadde trained as a chef in Michelin-starred German kitchens before her path bent toward wine. Wine degrees from Geisenheim and Montpellier SupAgro came first, then a résumé that reads like a tour of Burgundy's most singular addresses: Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Comte Armand, Marquis d'Angerville, Cécile Tremblay, Drouhin, de Vogüé. In 2019, she and her husband Guilhem launched Les Horées from a rented cellar in Pommard, naming the project after the Greek goddesses of the seasons. The domaine now spans 1.5 hectares of biodynamically farmed vines around Beaune, supplemented by parcels she works herself on long-term arrangements with neighbors. Whole clusters are used liberally, sulfur sparingly, and the cellar work follows instinct rather than a fixed playbook.

Les Prévolles sits at the southern edge of the Beaune appellation, just below the premier crus, on flat ground with deep clay-limestone soil. Catharina works two parcels here, both planted in the 1970s: 0.18 hectares she owns and 0.30 hectares from a neighbor that she has farmed herself since 2024. The vines are old enough to be prone to millerandage, yielding tiny, intensely flavored berries.

The wine sees a high proportion of whole clusters, indigenous yeast fermentation in stainless steel, and twelve to sixteen months in used barrels. The 2024 vintage was very small across Burgundy — heavy spring rain, mildew pressure, and coulure at flowering all conspired to slash yields — which makes what reached the cellar that much more concentrated. The wine carries raspberry, blackberry leaf, peony, and a hint of briar, with fine-grained tannins and a savory lift on the finish that's pure southern Beaune.