Bernard Levet, Cote-Rotie La Chavaroche, 2016 No Sulfur Added Pedro Parra

Pedro Parra

convinced his wine deserved better than the labels on offer

biodynamic practices including horse-drawn plows and biodynamic preparations

The Bretons are organic and biodynamic Loire pioneers

Ratschen and Weinberg

Bernard Levet, Cote-Rotie La Chavaroche, 2016 No Sulfur Added Pedro ParraIf you want to know what Cote Rotie tasted like before the appellation got glossy, start here. The Levets farm in Ampuis and do it the old way: old Serine vines on the iron rich schist of the Cote Brune, whole clusters in the ferment, and a long, patient elevage in large oak and demi muids, only 10 15% of them new. Nothing shiny. La Chavaroche is the bottling Rosenthal has brought in since the 1983 vintage. 2016 was a cool, classical year in the