Domaine Chaume-Arnaud Cotes-du-Rhone 2020 Consignment This Islay Scotch has all

This Islay Scotch has all the depth and complexity that comes with being an Islay Scotch minus the smokey peaty character

Once in the cellar fruit was pressed slowly and gently

with mild spice integration from the rye

Before the omnipresence of vineyards

Domaine Chaume-Arnaud Cotes-du-Rhone 2020 Consignment This Islay Scotch has allHere 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