Chantereves Pommard 1er Cru les Arvelets 2024 Reasonable Cellar 2024 Notes of peach

Notes of peach

Carignane and Mourvedre planted among the rows the old way

then transitioned to oxidative aging for complexity and depth

The complete production cycle—planting

Chantereves Pommard 1er Cru les Arvelets 2024 Reasonable Cellar 2024 Notes of peachPommard'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,