Domaine Chaume-Arnaud Vinsobres La Cadene 2015 NO20230830 which makes it possible for

which makes it possible for its roughly 50 phenol parts per million whiskies to remain quite light

from an old (~100 years) vineyard of bush-trained vines

Patrick and Christophe Bonnefond farm a ten-hectare domaine

Scorpion Bitters deliver a heat that dances across the palate in waves

lots of menthol & peppermint

Domaine Chaume-Arnaud Vinsobres La Cadene 2015 NO20230830 which makes it possible forVinsobres 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