Domaine Chaume-Arnaud Cotes-du-Rhone 2020 agrapart then five in older neutral

then five in older neutral barrels - before the wine goes to bottle

The palate has notes of chicken fat

The palate is silky and elegant yet dense and chewy

Slightly sweet

Domaine Chaume-Arnaud Cotes-du-Rhone 2020 agrapart then five in older neutralHere is the open secret: this Cotes du Rhone is really Vinsobres, the northernmost cru of the southern Rhone, just not labeled that way. Vinsobres is a windy hillside village where cool nights slow the ripening, so Grenache and Syrah arrive with more backbone and lift than the flatland fruit filling most CdR bottles. Valerie and Philippe Chaume Arnaud went organic in the late 1990s and converted to biodynamics in the early 2000s, earning Demeter