2009 Hermitage La Chapelle, Paul Jaboulet Aine valentines This cuvée is crafted from

This cuvée is crafted from select grapes grown in two esteemed cru vineyards

a wine named “Rosé ex Machina” because of its serendipitous conception: 2016 was so fine in quality yet so meagre in quantity that Dermot had decided to make just one wine

Lively acidity and a salty

If this wine were a place: a shaded terrace near Saint-Tropez

2009 Hermitage La Chapelle, Paul Jaboulet Aine valentines This cuvée is crafted fromA profound, statuesque Hermitage from one of the Rhnes most storied hillsides, the 2009 La Chapelle opens with an almost architectural sense of depth. Black cherry compote, blackberry pastille and wild blueberry roll out in dark, glossy layers, lifted by violets, smoked tea and a haunting whiff of incense rising from the glass. Theres that unmistakable Hermitage graphite too, cool, mineral, stony, weaving through warmer notes of cured meat, black