Domaine Chaume-Arnaud Vinsobres La Cadene 2015 NO20230719 This is the pinnacle of

This is the pinnacle of what Moet calls Haute Oenologie: a multi-vintage assemblage drawing on seven exceptional years from the cellar (1999

a village just east of Ay

with a distinguished body from the pinot noir and thedelicate finesse of chardonnay

the oldest planted in 1919

Domaine Chaume-Arnaud Vinsobres La Cadene 2015 NO20230719 This is the pinnacle ofVinsobres became a cru in 2006, promoted alongside Beaumes de Venise (2005) in the first wave of new Rhone crus since Vacqueyras in 1990, and Chaume Arnaud is one of the estates that made the case. La Cadene comes from old vines on limestone clay slopes, fermented with native yeasts and raised in concrete, which keeps the structure honest and the fruit unvarnished. What makes this bottle unusual is simply that it exists: a Rhone red with a decade plus