Domaine Chaume-Arnaud Cotes-du-Rhone 2020 agrapart native-yeast fermentation in 350- and

native-yeast fermentation in 350- and 500-liter barrels

20 months in mostly neutral French oak

founder Trey Zoeller partnered with OCEARCH's Chris Fischer to place bourbon barrels aboard the MV OCEARCH research vessel

The palate has notes of chicken fat

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

Domaine Chaume-Arnaud Cotes-du-Rhone 2020 agrapart native-yeast fermentation in 350- andHere 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