Roberto Henriquez Bio-Bio Pais Franco 2021 NO20230705 The 1989 La Chapelle is

The 1989 La Chapelle is a relic of an era when Gérard Jaboulet commanded the Hermitage terroir with uncompromising vision

Merlot-led and Cabernet Franc-lifted

it expresses citrus

This is the pinnacle of what Moet calls Haute Oenologie: a multi-vintage assemblage drawing on seven exceptional years from the cellar (1999

and a long

Roberto Henriquez Bio-Bio Pais Franco 2021 NO20230705 The 1989 La Chapelle isPas was Chile's grape for four hundred years before anybody turned up with Cabernet brought by missionaries, planted everywhere, then dismissed as bulk juice and largely abandoned. Roberto Henriquez is one of the growers who refused to let it disappear. He grew up in Concepcin, did his time at big commercial wineries, went to the Loire, spent time working alongside Louis Antoine Luyt, and came home to farm ancient ungrafted vines in Bo Bo. This