CHAUME ARNAUD VINSOBRES RED 2020

£17.05

Single village wine from a tiny family estate. Biodynamic/Vegan, big, youthful & awesome! Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre

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Description

Youthful, Biodynamic & sustainable agriculture red from the Village of Vinsobres in the Southern Rhone. Grapes are Syrah (Shiraz) Grenache, Cinsault & Mourvedre.

Phillipe, Valerie & Thibaud (their son) Chaume Arnaud make great wine. Drink now with red meats, roasted veg, spicy bean casserole, pies, you name it, as long as it is tasty! Alternatively, you could cellar for 10 years, yes, it is that good.

GRAPE Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault, Mourvedre CLOSURE Cork
REGION Vinsobres VEGETARIAN Yes
VINTAGE 2020 VEGAN No
ABV 14.5% ORGANIC Yes – not certified*

DRY     |________*________|________|________|     SWEET

LIGHT     |________|________|________*________|     FULL BODIED

NO OAK     *________|________|________|________|     OAKY

*THIS IS A CERTIFIED ORGANIC WINE UNDER EU LEGISLATION. HOWEVER, POST BREXIT, WE CANNOT SELL IT AS SUCH.*

This is a quote from the foremost Rhone authority on the planet (John Livingston-Learmouth)

Vinso 2020 rge  30-60% Grenache, 20-40% Syrah, 15-30% Mourvèdre, 0-15 Cinsault, 0-5% old Carignan, Counoise from stony clay-limestone soils at 250-420 metres, destemmed, 3 week vinification, destemmed, a lot of cap punchings at first, pumping overs, concrete vat raised 18-24 months, unfined, filtered, several bottlings, organic, biodynamic wine, 50,000-85,000 b

2020 ****

quite a dark red colour; the nose has a crushed raspberry, a near liqueur style air, sweetness inside, is inviting, shows the South, a hint of black olives. The palate has a soaked red fruits’ flavour, squeezy tannin attached, is aromatic, almost plush, gourmand on skates, shows Syrah influences, fine tannins inside, extends gently, bears rolling appeal, is genuine Southern wine, good to drink now, will run on. 14°. 60% Gren, 20% Syr, 10% Cins, 10% Mourv. 2032-33 Feb 2024

Additional information

The Origin of Grog

This wine was the reason I set up Great Grog all those years ago (1999). I was working for Oddbins (a formerly great UK-wide Wine Merchant Chain) whilst studying for my Master of Wine. I tried this wine in the Caledonian Hotel (Edinburgh) at a Cotes du Rhone wine promotional roadshow of small producers. What struck me was the ingrained dirt in the winemakers hands. This was no "marketing chappie", Phillipe was the real deal.

Having returned to the Oddbins shop in the West End of Edinburgh (Queensferry Street) after my brief wine/lunch break I phoned the oddbins buyers and mentioned this producer and how genuinely great the wines tasted. Their response was "are you trying to tell us our job?"

After seething for a little while I decided to self-employ and after 6 months I had left Oddbins. Guess which wine was the very first one I sold?

21 years later Oddbins has gone bust twice and I am fortunate enough to stilll be serving the nation with wines I like.

Cheers, Richard

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