Parallele 45 Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 1 to 3 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled seafood, roasted chicken with herbs, fresh goat cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The Parallèle 45 takes its name from the 45th parallel north, which passes just two kilometers from the historic cellars of Paul Jaboulet Aîné in Tain-l'Hermitage. Since its introduction, this cuvée has served as a classic, reliable benchmark for the Côtes du Rhône appellation. The white expression is crafted from a blend of traditional regional varieties, primarily Grenache Blanc and Marsanne, grown on clay-limestone soils. To preserve its vibrant aromatics and crisp acidity, the wine is vinified and aged entirely in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats. This approach yields an incredibly fresh, expressive white wine defined by notes of white peach, citrus blossom, and a clean, mineral-driven finish that captures the sun-drenched terroir of the Rhône.
🍾 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 Blanc, Marsanne, Viognier, Bourboulenc
🍷 ABV
12.5-13.5%