Domaine Chaume-Arnaud Cotes-du-Rhone 2020 agrapart A benchmark Left Bank claret

A benchmark Left Bank claret that rewards a few years in the cellar

This very fine rosé

The palate is silky and elegant yet dense and chewy

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

Domaine Chaume-Arnaud Cotes-du-Rhone 2020 agrapart A benchmark Left Bank claretHere 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