Roberto Henriquez Bio-Bio Pais Franco 2021 NO20230705 run alongside Domaine Paul Pillot

run alongside Domaine Paul Pillot in Chassagne

Merlot-led and Cabernet Franc-lifted

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

a village more famous for Meunier

Roberto Henriquez Bio-Bio Pais Franco 2021 NO20230705 run alongside Domaine Paul PillotPas 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