Domaine Charvin Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2023 Subregion_Ghemme and the wine they produce

and the wine they produce is a direct argument for why vine age matters above almost any other variable

embodies a deep respect for both heritage and innovation

and lemongrass instead of fighting them

with mildew pressure and low yields

farmed with the same attention as the reds around it

Domaine Charvin Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2023 Subregion_Ghemme and the wine they produceThe Land Every photograph of Chteauneuf du Pape shows the galets rouls, the big smooth river stones that hold the day's heat and push the wines toward power. Charvin's vineyards have essentially none of them. Laurent Charvin's eight hectares sit in the far northwestern corner of the appellation, out toward Orange, on sandy, north facing ground. That is the coolest exposure in one of the warmest appellations in France, and sand behaves nothing like