Chantereves Pommard 1er Cru les Arvelets 2024 NO20231101 5% Cabernet Sauvignon

5% Cabernet Sauvignon

Szechuan Stir Frys

nothing tacked on

then moved the whole thing into first-fill Chardonnay wine barrels

and notoriously hard-to-find Chenin Blanc and Syrah

Chantereves Pommard 1er Cru les Arvelets 2024 NO20231101 5% Cabernet SauvignonPommard's reputation is a bruiser: iron, clay, tannin, patience. Les Arvelets argues the other way. The vineyard sits high on the slope at the northern end of the commune, on thin stony ground that drains hard and keeps the fruit lifted rather than brooding. Chantereves are micro negociants who buy biodynamically farmed fruit and push it around as little as possible, and what comes out is a Pommard with its shoulders down black cherry and plum,