The Wine That Began as a Painting
The Cathelin began as a painting by a family friend, and 1990 was its first vintage — made only in years with something to say, each bottle numbered. Thirty-five years on, the dark fruit still holds the center.
Northern Rhône
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Two Hundred Cases from the Côte Brune
La Landonne is a name three houses have made famous, and Delas holds one of the smallest pieces of it — a little over two hundred cases a year off iron-rich schist. Opened on an ordinary Wednesday evening at the desk.
A Chapel That Is Not a Vineyard
La Chapelle is named for a building, not a plot — a chapel Jaboulet bought in 1919, on a hill it does not own outright. The 2012 was the vintage where the house's long convalescence finally read as recovery.