Cotes Parallele 45 Rouge
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 2–5 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled lamb chops, charcuterie platters, rustic beef stews
✨ Technical Specifications
Named after the 45th parallel north, which passes just two kilometers from the cellars of Paul Jaboulet Aîné in Tain-l'Hermitage, this historic cuvée has served as a benchmark for the Côtes du Rhône appellation since its creation in 1950. The 45th parallel is celebrated as the symbolic boundary where the climate transitions to the warm, sun-drenched Mediterranean south. Crafted from vines grown on clay, limestone, and gravelly soils, this wine blends the rich, spicy warmth of Grenache with the structured, dark-fruit character of Syrah. To preserve its vibrant fruit profile and approachable structure, the wine is vinified and aged in stainless steel and concrete vats, delivering a classic, terroir-driven Rhône experience.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1834 by Antoine Jaboulet on the sun-drenched granite slopes of Tain-l'Hermitage, Maison Paul Jaboulet Aîné stands as one of the Rhône Valley's most storied viticultural estates. Acquired in 2006 by the Frey family, the domain experienced a profound renaissance under the stewardship of master oenologist and viticulturist Caroline Frey, who converted its extensive Northern Rhône holdings to certified organic viticulture alongside rigorous biodynamic regimens. While globally renowned for its legendary Hermitage reds like La Chapelle, the estate crafts equally sublime white wines from premier terroirs spanning Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Condrieu, and the Southern Rhône. Here, Marsanne, Roussanne, Viognier, and Grenache Blanc are harvested at meticulous phenolic maturity from complex alluvial pebbles, loess, and fractured granitic soils. Vinified with gentle gravity flow, temperature-regulated fermentation, and judicious French oak contact on fine lees, Jaboulet whites—exemplified by Chevalier de Stérimberg, Domaine de Thalabert Mule Blanche, and Les Jalets Blanc—deliver exceptional minerality, textural waxiness, and refined age-worthy precision.
🍇 Grapes
Grenache, Syrah
🍷 ABV
13.5% - 14%