La Cabotte

When Gabriel d'Ardhuy, owner of the celebrated Burgundy estate Domaine d'Ardhuy, purchased a largely abandoned hillside property in Mondragon in 1981, he entrusted it to one of his seven daughters. Marie-Pierre Plumet d'Ardhuy took that inheritance seriously. She rebuilt the estate from roughly 10 hectares, planted 20 more, and, when her husband Eric joined her in 1986, began a decades-long investigation into whether the southern Rhône could be farmed the way Burgundy's greatest estates had begun to farm: biodynamically, without compromise, and with a long view.

The Plumets made their first bottling in 1987 and converted the estate to biodynamic agriculture over the following decade. In 2007 they received Demeter certification, making La Cabotte the first estate on the Massif d'Uchaux to hold it and one of only a handful in the Vaucluse. Eric has since become a certified biodynamic trainer, leading sessions for other producers, and the two have assembled a network of 30 winemakers who make their own preparations together. In 2017 they added 12 hectares of stony hillside vineyards, bringing the total estate to 38 hectares. A Châteauneuf-du-Pape parcel of 1.5 hectares was added in 2005.

More on how they farm and work in the cellar in our La Cabotte producer profile.

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Frequently asked questions

We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

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Signature on delivery is mandatory for wine deliveries. Please make sure someone is at the shipping address to sign for the package.

If applicable, please consider delivering the package to a business address to ensure someone is available to sign for the package.

We also have the option of delivering the package to a Carrier's store for pickup. Please reach out to us to coordinate.

Carrier will try to delivery a package up to three times before returning the package to us.

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If you miss a delivery and a package gets returned to us we have two options:

1) Reship the package right away: due to the very high cost of shipping and returns, we must charge a re-shipping fee to be determined based on package size and shipping destination.

2) Consolidate the returned package with your next order: this option is free of charge and it's the most popular option.

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