2018 Paul Jaboulet Aine Cotes du Rhone Parallel Red

This Côtes du Rhône takes its name from the 45th North parallel which runs two kilometres from the cellars of Maison Paul Jaboulet Aîné. In the village of Pont de l’Isère, a monument symbolises this line with the inscription: “the South begins here”.
This wine has had this name since the beginning of the 1950s.
Shingle with clay, stony “argillaceous limestone” soil, pebbles.
60% Grenache ; 40% Syrah.
Traditional vinification with long vatting, controlled fermentation temperatures.