Chantereves Pommard 1er Cru les Arvelets 2024 NO20231101 Minimal-intervention winemaking

Minimal-intervention winemaking

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

nothing tacked on

and a fine mineral drive that extends through the long

This is modern Barolo at its finest—powerful yet elegant

Chantereves Pommard 1er Cru les Arvelets 2024 NO20231101 Minimal-intervention winemakingPommard'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,