Jaboulet La Chapelle Hermitage Rhone Wine
Jaboulet, La Chapelle, Hermitage, Rhone wine producer profile with wine tasting notes, wine ratings, a history of the property, information on wine making and terroir, along with wine tasting reviews and images. If you want to read about other important wineries and wine makers from the Rhone valley: Links to all Rhone Valley Wine Producer Profiles
Jaboulet has one of the longest histories of any winery or negociant in the world. Originally founded in 1834 by Antione Jaboulet, the company is currently owned by the Frey family who count numerous wine properties in their holdings. In Bordeaux, they own Chateau La Lagune. In the Rhone valley, they have holdings in Chateauneuf du Pape, Cornas, Crozes Hermitage and Cotes du Rhone. They market red and white wines. Jaboulet acts as both a negociant, as well as a wine producer.
Jaboulet is clearly capable of producing some of the top wines on the world! The terroir is there. 1961 Jaboulet La Chapelle is one of the world’s greatest wine tasting experiences. It’s a legend among wine collectors. It’s been scores 100 Pts by Robert Parker. In fact, so have the 1978 and the 1990. All three vintages of Jaboulet La Chapelle hit the magic, triple digit number from Robert Parker. However, the domaine went through a weak period following the 1990. The quality of wines being produced dropped following the 1990 vintage. Who knows what caused it. It was probably the death of Gerard Jaboulet. It as not until after the Frey family bought the domaine that quality returned. 2003 was a rebirth vintage for La Chapelle. 2007 was strong and 2009 is sublime, however 2010 Jaboulet La Chapelle is probably the best vintage of La Chapelle produced by the Frey family yet!
Jaboulet is one of the largest land owners in Hermitage with almost 63 acres of Syrah vines. Their top wine, La Chapelle is not a vineyard. It’s a trade marked name. It takes its name from the small chapel of St. Christophe. The fruit is sourced from Bessards, Meal, Greffieux and Rocoules.
La Chapelle is destemmed, harvested and fermented on a parcel by parcel basis. The amount of new oak used varies from vintage to vintage. The wine is full bodied, concentrated and with expressive black fruit and leafy, earthy and iron scents. Typically, Jaboulet La Chapelle requires a decade or twp to become civilized. The wines from the best years can age 30-40 years. One of the reasons for the continued improvement of Jaboulet La Chapelle is the draconian selection for the wine. Previously, up to 7,000 cases of wine were produced. But today, the average annual production is closer to 2,000 cases per vintage.
Wine Tasting Notes
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2010 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Cornas Domaine de Saint Pierre
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With a nose of spice, flowers, black pepper, stone and dark red berries, this firm, tannic, masculine, powerful wine will demand more than a decade in the cellar before it becomes fun to drink.
90 points - Tasted Mar 7, 2013
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2010 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Côte-Rôtie Domaine des Pierrelles
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Fro, 100% Syrah, planted in Cote Blonde, the wine pops with scents of flowers, cherries and earth. Medium bodied, with elegant, soft, tannins, ending in a sensuous, ripe, red berry finish. This can be enjoyed in its youth after a few years of bottle age.
91 points - Tasted Mar 8, 2013
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2010 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Crozes-Hermitage Domaine de Thalabert
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This delicious, Crozes Hermitage is filled with toasty oak, spice box, fresh blackberries and rocks. It's concentrated, full bodied and deep, finishing with a fresh, juicy mouthful of ripe blackberries.
92 points - Tasted Mar 8, 2013
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2010 Paul Jaboulet Aîné St. Joseph Domaine de la Croix des Vignes
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Black cherries, pepper and mineral elements create the aromatics. On the palate, the wine round, fleshy and concentrated with sweet, ripe, fresh, black cherries.
91 points - Tasted Mar 7, 2013
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2010 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Côtes du Rhône Villages Domaine de Peres en Filles Plan de Dieu
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Forward in style, already fun to drink, the wine pops with a nose packed with earth, kirsch and herbs, ending with lush, black and red, sweet and tart cherries. This will be a lot of fun to drink young.
89 points - Tasted Mar 7, 2013
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2010 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Crozes-Hermitage Blanc Domaine Raymond Roure
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Tight, but with coaxing, pepper, caramel, earth and black cherry scents could be detected. Full bodied, rustic and tannic, the will need at least a few years to soften and develop.
90 points - Tasted Mar 7, 2013
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2010 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Châteauneuf-du-Pape Domaine de Terre Ferme Blanc
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This blend of 80% Grenache Blanc and 20% Clairette produced a wine with lemon oil, flowers and a hint of fennel. Medium bodied and soft in texture, the wine ends with a soft, plush, citrus finish.
89 points - Tasted Mar 7, 2013
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2010 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Condrieu Domaine des Grands Amandiers
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This charming wine opens with notes of honeydew, fig, lychee nut and lemon rind. Medium bodied, with and open, semi sweet, citrus personality, I'd opt for drinking this on the young side.
89 points - Tasted Mar 7, 2013
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2010 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Petite Chapelle
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Packed with scents of fresh herbs, pepper, olive tapenade, dark red fruits and earth, the wine is refined, but has a tannic edge, with a hint of dryness in the otherwise, charming, ripe, fresh, finish.
89 points - Tasted Mar 7, 2013
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2010 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage Blanc Chevalier de Sterimberg
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A refreshing nose of lemon, lime, crushed stone and burning embers opens to a medium/full bodied wine with silky tannins, ending with a long fresh, Meyer lemon, minerality infused finish.
91 points - Tasted Mar 7, 2013
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2010 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Châteauneuf-du-Pape Domaine de Terre Ferme
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Blending 80% Grenache and 20% Mourvedre produced a powerful Chateauneuf du Pape with ample pepper, kirsch liqueur, old wood and plum scents. The fruit is lush, ripe an round, ending with a blast of wild strawberries, pepper and herbs.
92 points - Tasted Mar 7, 2013
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2010 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
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In the process of closing down, it required effort to discover the cornucopia of earth, pepper, cedar wood, vanilla, blackberry, earth and stone aromatics that create the perfume. Rich, full bodied, concentrated and intense, the has a lot of tannin, but the tannins are ripe, refined and round. The wine fills your mouth and coats your palate with deep, ripe, dark berries. This should age and evolve for decades. This could be the best vintage for Jaboulet La Chapelle since it was purchased by the Frey family.
96 points - Tasted Mar 9, 2013
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2009 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Crozes-Hermitage Les Jalets
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This delicious, value, priced Northern Rhone offers garrigue, pepper, sweet and tart, red berries with strawberry. It's fresh, lively and a little bit rustic.
87 points - Tasted Mar 7, 2013
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2009 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Côte-Rôtie Domaine des Pierrelles
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Spice box, smoke, vanilla and fresh, black raspberry notes lead to a supple, textured, forward, lush, modern style of Cote Rotie that will deliver its charms in its youth.
90 points - Tasted Oct 27, 2012
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2009 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
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Deep in color, with chocolate, cinnamon, vanilla, black berry liqueur, truffle, stone and jammy scents create the complex aromatics. Plush, fat and dense, this is a low acid, forward style of Hermitage that will please hedonists more than traditionalists with is opulent, ripe, black, fruit filled finish.
95 points - Tasted Oct 27, 2012
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2009 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Châteauneuf-du-Pape Domaine de Terre Ferme
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What a great style of Chateauneuf du Pape with its showy nose of pepper, black raspberry jam, earth and kirsch. The wine is rich, fat, sweet and ripe and already fun to drink. Produced from a blend of 80% Grenache and 20% Mourvedre, there is a touch of oak, which should dissipate into the wealth of fruit in time.
92 points - Tasted Oct 27, 2012
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2009 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Crozes-Hermitage Domaine Raymond Roure
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Inky in color, with spicy, jammy berries, vanilla, stone and black raspberries. Concentrated, with layers of ripe berries, this powerful wine ends with a long, tannic, blackberry finish. Give it a few years to allow its ample charms to shine.
92 points - Tasted Oct 26, 2012
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2007 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
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Oak, forest floor, truffle, smoke and minerality add to fresh, jammy, black cherry jam sensations. Still young, the wine should improve over the next several years, although, its open, modern style will allow it to be enjoyed younger than most vintages of La Chapelle.
92 points - Tasted Oct 26, 2012
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Black raspberry, licorice, cracked pepper, earth and herbal aromas open to a soft textured, medium bodied, elegant style of Hermitage. Think of this as a better version of 1997 or 1998.
91 points - Tasted May 3, 2012
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2005 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
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Vanilla, oak, sweet blackberry jam and truffle scents open to a young, tannic wine that demands cellar time. However, the tannins are not ripe which leaves a chalky, dry sensation in the blackberry and earth finish.
90 points - Tasted Oct 26, 2012
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2003 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
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With a beautiful ruby, black cherry color, licorice, molten black cherries, earth, coffee, herbs and cinnamon open to a rich, silky wave of fresh, ripe, melted cherries and earth. The wine is on the side of the style range, and there is a touch of prune in the finish. I find that adds to the complexity and character, but fans of traditional styles of Hermitage might find it too ripe. The developed and improved in the glass for hours. While some tannin remains, if you have more than a few bottles, it's worth popping cork to enjoy its freshness, lush textures and intensity of ripe. red and black fruits.
95 points - Tasted Sep 4, 2012
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Hermitage is not known for producing sexy wines. 03 La Chapelle changed that misconception. This deeply colored wine opens to an explosive perfume filled with truffles, blackberry, jam, licorice, spice and minerals. This is their most concentrated wine since the 1990. Part of the reason for this is low yields. The Frey family, owners of Chateau La Lagune in Bordeaux reduced yields by almost 50%! That bold decision produced a powerful, opulent, palate coating wine. The round tannins leave you with a rich sensation of lush dark fruit, licorice and spice. This is one of the few La Chapelle's that can be enjoyed in its youth. Yet, like all great vintages of La Chapelle, this wine will age for decades. It's getting harder to find the wine at the old price. If this sounds like your style of wine, grab some.
97 points - Tasted Jan 6, 2011
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2000 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Crozes-Hermitage Domaine de Thalabert
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Earth, dirt, barnyard and hints of red fruit make up the nose, which is the best part of the wine. On the palate, the wine is tart, lacking fruit and charm. This is long past its prime, Drink up.
80 points - Tasted Oct 26, 2012
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1999 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
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From such a great vintage in the Northern Rhone, this is quite a disappointment. It's light, slightly under ripe and dilute, when compared to many of the best wines from Hermitage. It's not a bad wine per se, it's just simple, especially when compared to other wines from the vintage. It is not close to the level of quality Jaboulet La Chapelle should have produced in this vintage.
88 points - Tasted May 12, 2013
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1998 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
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La Chapelle is light ruby in color. With BBQ, earth, spice and kirsch and barnyard aromatics, the wine feels soft in the mouth. This wine has matured at a rapid pace for La Chapelle. The finish ends with jammy black raspberries, hints of steel and an off putting touch of greeness. I'd suggest drinking this sooner than later..
89 points - Tasted Jan 2, 2011
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1997 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
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Light in color, medium bodied with an earthy, spice, cherry, herb and peppery personality. This finish crisp finish has some tart, under ripe, sharp, red berry flavors. Drink up as it’s not likely to get to get better.
88 points - Tasted Oct 26, 2012
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97 La Chapelle The medium bodied, forward, earthy expression of Hermitage is filled with red and black fruits, spice and forest aromas. Round and open, this lighter, soft, styled La Chapelle is drinking about as well as it is going to get.
89 points - Tasted May 17, 2012
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Where’s the beef? No, make that where’s the fruit? What a disappointment. I hope this was in a dumb stage, because it offered moderate pleasure without much fruit. I have had better bottles of this wine on other occasions.
85 points - Tasted Aug 10, 2004
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1990 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
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I cannot believe I've tasted this wine 4 times over the past two, and with very consistent results. This specific bottle was good, but not great. Rich, big, deep and concentrated, the aromatics kicked off with licorice, tobacco, earth, iron, blackberries and black cherries. Powerful, long and young, as good as it is now, it's only starting to open.
97 points - Tasted May 24, 2013
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Still young, vibrant and fresh, with a deep hue, the wine popped with a complicated perfume packed with boysenberry liqueur, black cherry, flowers, herbs, pepper, licorice, spice and forest floor aromas. Rich, concentrated, powerful and structured, there is a regal quality to the fruit that shines through every step of the way. I've had slightly better bottles that merited triple digits. But this was very close. Drink this now, or age it for decades.
98 points - Tasted May 13, 2013
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I’ve been blessed to have tasted this majestic wine several times this year. In fact, I had this wine twice last week! Even more amazing is the remarkable level of consistency the wine continues to perform at. At days from its 23rd birthday, it’s really starting to come into its own, with its showy display of ripe blackberry, plum and cherries complicated by wet earth, smoke, minerals, garrigue and spice. On the palate, the wine is incredibly dense, with polished textures and no hard edges. The finish is expansive, thick, seamless and long, lasting for over 60 seconds! Over the years, this wine continues to develop layers of complexities, intensity of flavor and silky textures. If you’ve never tasted an Hermitage that blew you away, if you have the money, this is the wine to buy.
100 points - Tasted Dec 19, 2012
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As hard as it is to believe, at almost 22 years of age, this looks and tastes like a young wine. Deeply colored, with a nose filled with spice, black plum, gravel, iron, pepper, grilled meat, blackberry and cassis, the wine is packed and stacked with layers of ripe, deep, pure, sensuous fruit. Still tannic and needed several more years before its fully mature, this exciting wine is powerful, glycerin filled and intense. The wine ends in a beautiful display of plush, ripe, decadent, fleshy, flashy black and red fruit.
98 points - Tasted Nov 28, 2011
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Purple, black in color, this blackberry and cassis wine offers earth, olives, truffles, damp forest and earthy, peppery scents. The wine is opulent and fleshy with refined, elegant tannins. The dense, black fruit filled palate is lush with a backbone for aging. In many ways, it reminded me of slightly less concentrated version of the legendary ’61
98 points - Tasted Dec 8, 2009
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The nose, with its earthy, mineral, truffle, pepper scent was exciting. The wine felt great in the mouth, but it seemed to lack some of the density and youthful quality found in other bottles I’ve had
95 points - Tasted Jun 30, 2009
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There is a lot of bottle variation in this wine. I’ve heard the wine was bottled in two separate batches. The first batch reminds me of essence of Syrah. The second batch, held in wood for several additional months lacks the same level of purity, freshness and complexity. There is no way to tell which bottle came from which batch from looking at the bottles. This bottle probably came from the second batch. While it displayed some of the wonderful flashy, opulent, ripe, black fruit qualities, it did not offer the level of intensity found in the best examples. Still good, but not profound.
95 points - Tasted Oct 1, 2007
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1990 Jaboulet La Chapelle had 2 or 3 different bottling dates. When tasted from the first bottlng, (there is no way to tell) the wine os one of the top Hermitage wines ever produced! And this was a very good bottle. The wine oozes out of the glass sliding over your palate in wave after wave of deep, dark, lush frui, spices, minerals, pepper, licorice, cassis and berries. Still young, in another decade or two when this wine is fully mature, the best bottles will deliver an amazing tasting experience.
97 points - Tasted Feb 5, 2006
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With coaxing, you could sense the concentration, extraction and depth of ripe, black fruits and flavors, but it remains very primary. Another decade and this will assuredly morph into something unique
96 points - Tasted Apr 25, 2005
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1989 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
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Garnet in color, with a smoky, mineral, spicy cherry, iron and strawberry jam perfume. Full bodied and still tannic, with a stern, structured spine, I’d give this another 3-5 years in the cellar.
93 points - Tasted May 17, 2012
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This amazingly young wine, that is young for 22 years of age is tannic, slightly rustic and powerful. Black cherry, kirsch, spice, crushed stone, strawberry jam, meat and pepper scents waft form the glass. Big, concentrated and attention grabbing, this is finally starting to come around. Give it a few more years and enjoy it over the next 20 or more years.
95 points - Tasted Nov 27, 2011
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Tight, displaying more red fruit than black, along with earth, stone and peppery spice aromas. With a brawny palate feel, the wine is brighter and more acidic than the 1990 tasted at the same dinner. This wine demands another decade before prime time drinking.
93 points - Tasted Feb 5, 2006
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This is a huge, deep, dense, very full bodied wine with boatloads of ripe, concentrated black fruit and a slight rustic quality. Very tannic. Demands time.
95 points - Tasted Jul 25, 2005
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Black pepper, jammy, dark fruit, earth, spearmint, licorice and coffee could be easily found. Still tannic. Very well balanced and concentrated.
95 points - Tasted Jul 12, 2005
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Layers of rich, ripe, black fruit, minerals, truffle and tobacco with a hint of tar. Big, bold, structured and tannic. The long finish ends with notes of juicy, black fruit and spice.
94 points - Tasted Nov 14, 2004
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Dark colored, tannic and full of black fruits and character. Even though I’ve had better bottles, this is still a very good wine.
92 points - Tasted Jun 6, 2004
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Very deep, dark, ruby almost opaque with a faint, lightening at the edge. The fragrant aroma offers notes of black cherries, herbs, olives, earth, licorice, coffee, and hint of sap with a touch of caramelized brown sugar on the nose as well. This wine vastly improved with air.
94 points - Tasted Oct 25, 2003
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1988 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
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Wet earth, rocks, cherry griotte, spice, charcoal, licorice, raspberry jam and fresh Provencal herbs create the aromatics. Soft, fleshy, mineral driven and filled with sweet cherries and iron in the finish. There is a touch of austerity, but that does not detract from the pleasure. This is mature and while there is no hurry to drink it, it might not have a lot of room for improvement.
93 points - Tasted May 3, 2012
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Popped and poured into a decanter and served, the complex perfume offered black cherry, licorice, earth. bacon fat, iron, underbrush, spearmint and warm spices. Full bodied and concentrated with ample levels of dark fruit, the texture is soft, chewy and mouth filling. The finish ends with baked black berry flavors paired with minerals and spice. The only thing stopping the score from hitting a few points higher was the finish could have been longer. The wine improved in the glass over 2 hours spent at dinner. This will get better. I'd buy this over the 89 today.
94 points - Tasted Jun 7, 2010
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Light ruby color. The nose offers an intoxicating perfume of earth, jammy black fruits, spice, brown sugar and black pepper. The 88 La Chapelle sports a great syrupy texture. It's a very full bodied, rich, mouth filling wine with some tannins remaining to resolve. The palate is caressed by soft, elegant, velvety, thick streams of cherry, blackberry & plum flavors which fill the mouth.
94 points - Tasted Apr 15, 2007
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1985 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
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Drinking perfectly today, this mature Jaboulet La Chapelle is packed with earthy, barnyard, peppery, black raspberry, forest, tobacco and mineral scents. Elegant in style, you can enjoy this today, or for at least another 10-15 or more years.
94 points - Tasted May 17, 2012
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1983 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
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A nice, fully mature wine, but slightly disjointed and showing a little bit too much green, herbal notes that take away from the cherry, earth. tobacco and olive sensations. Drink up. This is not going to improve from here.
89 points - Tasted May 12, 2013
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1982 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
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Better on the nose than the palate, with its bouquet of jammy cherries, citrus, earth, spice, floral, herb and candied fruit notes. Medium/full bodied, there was a sensation of dryness in the end notes of the finish.
91 points - Tasted May 13, 2013
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1979 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
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Showing much better than expected. The nose was complex offering a perfume of olives, spearmint, earth, leather and herbs. Lots of fruit displayed in the long finish.
92 points - Tasted Mar 6, 2004
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1978 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
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Light ruby in color, with sweet and sour cherries, fresh herbs, thyme, licorice, earth and spice, the wine was sweet, soft and polished. The long finish ended with a variety of dark red berries that alternated from sweet to tart. It's been years since I've seen a bottle of this, let alone tasted one. I do not think this was a perfect example of the wine at its peak. This was very good, but it did not sing like the best bottles.
96 points - Tasted May 13, 2013
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1967 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Cèdres
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Jammy raspberry, truffle, spice, earth and herbs. Good texture and a finish sporting an array of red fruits.
87 points - Tasted Feb 23, 2006
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1961 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
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This maintains a dark color at close to 50 years of age! Scents of olive orchards waft from the glass in this perfect Hermitage wine. Green olives, black olives, earth and trees were in abundance. Truffles, burnt toast, tobacco, licorice, citrus, forest floor and soy sauce are easy to find in the complex, expanding aromatics. On the palate, the wine is massive and intensely concentrated with layers of rich, thick, juicy, ripe black fruit and minerals. This wine perfectly melds power with elegance. The seemingly endless finish is long and pure. In the mouth, this wine reminds me a 1961 Latour. The wine improved in the glass for over two hours. Few wines live up to their legendary status due to a myriad of reasons from provenance, value and the most important reason of all, how can any wine be as good as a legend. This bottle was as good, if not better than the legend! This wine ended with a finish that lasts for years. The question, do dream wines dream, remains unanswered. Perhaps the next time I meet another one of my dream wines, I’ll know.
100 points - Tasted Dec 8, 2009
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1947 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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A revelation wine for old Chateauneuf du Pape. This stunning wine left me close to breathless! It looked at least 20 years younger with its ruby hue. Licorice, Licorice, jammy red berries, earth, herbs, sweet, ripe cherries, spice and kirsch liqueur created a wave of complex aromatics. In the mouth, this cherry filled wine is pure opulent, silk that drenches your palate with flavor. Long, and pure, this wine was stunning and will remain etched in memory for years.
97 points - Tasted Mar 29, 2012
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