2016 La Chapelle

It was in 1224 that the knight Henri-Gaspard de Sterimberg, back from the Crusades, established himself as a hermit on the hill and built a small chapel. He planted a few Syrah vines there, a cross between a grape variety from the Ardèche, Dureza, and a Savoyard variety, Mondeuse blanche. It is only here that Syrah finds its most natural terroir of expression and can enable wines to achieve such longevity. Since 1919, on these steep, stony hillsides where only the hand of man can intervene, the Jaboulet family and then the Frey family have succeeded one another in cultivating the vines of this now legendary cuvée, La Chapelle Hermitage. A unique terroir named the Hermitage Hill Taking advantage of a rock fault, the force of the Rhône River isolated this unique granite hill from the Massif Central, exiling it to the alpine side... Over thousands of years, time worked its magic. The Alpine uplift, the river's course, glaciers, and winds enriched the depths of the hill with an exceptional diversity of soils. Derived from the most rocky parcels of Méal, Bessards, Rocoules, and Greffieux (with vines ranging from 40 to 100 years old), the perfect balance and depth of La Chapelle can only be found in the final blend of origins, thus revealing the wine's own genius. Each terroir brings its aromatic characteristics, as well as the elegance of the tannin structures, which give this wine an exceptional aging potential.

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