Chantereves Pommard 1er Cru les Arvelets 2024 ReasonableCellar2025 with minimal added sulfur

with minimal added sulfur

then red fruit—cherry and a touch of plum

A zero dosage 100% Meunier bottling from th e Mardeuil Cru

and bitter orange

The 2022 is tense and bright

Chantereves Pommard 1er Cru les Arvelets 2024 ReasonableCellar2025 with minimal added sulfurPommard'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,