Weine von Paul Jaboulet Aîné - mit seineR Legende Hermitage La Chapelle

Rebsorte: 100 % Syrah, BIO, perfekt gelagert und gereift seit Kauf ab Feigabe Domaine, zu genießen bis nach 2035

Verkostet Mai 2024:

2016 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Crozes Hermitage Domaine de Thalabert zeigt mittleres, reifes Purpurrot. In der Nase Kirschlikör, unterlegt mit Fruchtwürze, reifen Brombeeren und rauchiger Note. Den Geschmack prägt reife Frucht mit weichem Tannin, das griffig auf den Gaumen wirkt. Der Wein bringt gutes Potenzial mit für rund 10 Jahre Reife.

Jeb Dunnuck  94

Robert Parker The Wine Advocate  93

James Suckling  92-93

Winespectator  91

Robert Parker The Wine Advocate  Rating 93  Drink Date 2018-2035  Reviewed by Joe Czerwinski

The classically styled 2016 Crozes Hermitage Domaine de Thalabert boasts savory scents of black olive and leather. Medium to full-bodied, it's plummy and rich, creamy and ripe but savory and earthy, not jammy at all, with a lingering, velvety-textured finish. It drinks well now, but it should continue to evolve and drink well through 2035.

The charming Caroline Frey was all smiles during my visit to the Jaboulet tasting room on the main square in Tain l'Hermitage. Her Burgundy vintage was complete and very promising. And even though severe hail damage at Château La Lagune in Bordeaux resulted in no grapes being harvested there this year, it meant she could focus all her energy on the 2018s in the Rhône. We started off with the 2016s. "Hopefully, we will still have years like this," she said. "It's a vintage with more length. I like it!" There's no doubt the 2016s are successful here, but in many instances the 2017s look even better. "I'm always a little afraid of hot vintages," she said. "But I find a balance in this one." The proof is in the pudding: Some of the 2017s are the best I've ever tasted at this address.

1. 13 % Vol. Alc., Naturkork
2. Allergene: Enthält Sulfite
3. Flascheninhalt: 0,75 l     

4. Erzeuger/Abfüller: Domaine Paul Jaboulet Aîné, Verantw. Caroline Frey, 46 La Roche de Glun, F-26600 Tain-l'Hermitage, France, Tel. + (0) 33 4 75 84 83 44, email: info@jaboulet.com

Rebsorte: 100 % Syrah, BIO, perfekt gelagert und gereift seit Kauf ab Feigabe Domaine, zu genießen bis nach 2040

James Suckling  97-98

Jeb Dunnuck  97

Robert Parker The Wine Advocate  96

Verkostet Dezember 2022:

2016 Hermitage La Chapelle Paul Jaboulet Aîné zeigt sich mit dunkler, purpurroter Farbe. Die Nase wirkt sehr präsent, schwarze Beeren, Cassis, Lakritze und Röstbrot. Cremig elegant der Ansatz im Mund. Erst mineralische Frische, dann entfaltet der Wein im Mund Volumen und Dichte. Konzentriert am Gaumen, verweilt dort elegant und endlos lang mit Druck und reifem Tannin. Selbst der Abgang spielt in der eigenen Liga...Sicher ein klassischer La Chapelle, dessen Stärke in Eleganz und Konzentration gut zwei Dekaden überzeugen kann.

Robert Parker The Wine Advocate  Rating 96  Drink Date 2020-2040  Reviewed by Joe Czerwinski

Sourced from the granitic western portion of the appellation, the 2016 Hermitage La Chapelle features mouthwatering aromas of black olives and charred beef. It's full-bodied and creamy-velvety in texture, incredibly lush without being overtly fruity. In fact, it's largely savory, with elegant shadings of leather and spice on the long, silky finish. Yet despite being delicious now, this still has the granite backbone to age through 2040.

1. 14,5 % Vol. Alc., Naturkork
2. Allergene: Enthält Sulfite
3. Flascheninhalt: 0,75 l     

4. Erzeuger/Abfüller: Domaine Paul Jaboulet Aîné, Verantw. Caroline Frey, 46 La Roche de Glun, F-26600 Tain-l'Hermitage, France, Tel. + (0) 33 4 75 84 83 44, email: info@jaboulet.com

Rebsorte: 100 % Syrah, BIO, perfekt gelagert und gereift seit Kauf ab Feigabe Domaine, zu genießen bis nach 2060

Falstaff  100

Robert Parker The Wine Advocate  98+

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider  98

verkostet Oktober 2024:

2019 Hermitage La Chapelle Paul Jaboulet Aîné mit dichter, dunkler purpurroten Farbe. In der Nase frische Aromen, von Kräutern und roten Beeren, etwas weißer Pfeffer, Minze und schwarze Johannisbeere. Im Mund cremig weich, frisches Tannin wirkt erst am Gaumen, dann kraftvoll mit Druck macht sich die Struktur breit. Ausladend und stoffig zeigt der Wein Volumen und bleibt enorm lange haften. Das lange Finale hinterlässt ein traumhaftes Erlebnis...Ein Hermitage von Paul Jaboulet Aîné mit Kult und Ausnahmecharakter.

Falstaff  100:

"Tasting vom 07.10.2022: Ulrich Sautter, Peter Moser, Dominik Vombach, Anne Krebiehl

Sehr dunkel in der Farbe. Ein Duft auf dem Schnittpunkt von frischfruchtig (Waldheidelbeere), würzig (Menthol, schwarzer Pfeffer und Wacholder), reiffruchtig (Schwarzkirsche und Rosine), dazu etwas Holz. Im Mund hat der Wein ein Maximum an feinstem Gerbstoff, trotz der immensen Dichte hat der Wein keinerlei Adstringenz, Säure und taktile Mineralität halten den süßen, vollen, öligen Körper zusammen, dennoch wirkt das irgendwie schwerelos und fein. Sehr, sehr lang."

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider  98

"2019 Vintage Tasted: Oct 2022

Deeply colored, the wine is equally rich on the palate. With a smoke, licorice, blackberry, dark cherry, wet earth, and spicy nose to start things off, the palate is richly-textured with layers of dark, black, earthy, mildly, salty-tinged fruit. Powerful, yet elegant, refined, long, and deep. This graceful wine will age for decades. Another point, the wine shows no influence of oak as they have completely changed their approach to new oak for the aging process. Now, the wine is aged in a combination of 15% new French oak barrels, used barrels, and a small portion of concrete egg-shaped vats. Drink from 2030-2060."

The Wine Advocate  RP 98+  Reviewed by: Joe Czerwinski  Drink Date: 2025 - 2045

Last year, I giddily speculated whether the 2019 Hermitage La Chapelle would warrant a 100-point score. While close—and I wouldn't completely discount it reaching that pinnacle in another decade or two—I'm not sure this wine is as good as I thought. It boasts exciting aromas of roasted meat, mocha, crushed stone, plum and cassis on the nose. It's full-bodied, concentrated, richly tannic and velvety in texture. It's long and complex on the finish, adding hints of cracked pepper and salted licorice. And yet, as much as I enjoyed tasting it and as undeniably great it is, angels didn't sing from the heavens. Maybe next bottle.

Between my hectic schedule of visits and Caroline Frey's racing around to direct harvesting in Switzerland, Burgundy, the Rhône and Bordeaux, we were unable to connect in person this year. She deputized Robin Jullian, a former cellar hand turned export manager, to taste through the wines with me.

The style of the white wines has changed somewhat, although Jullian pointed out that they're actually more like they would have been in the distant past. Picking dates appear to have been moved forward, and the wines are seeing much less oak than in recent history. The 2020 Hermitage Le Chevalier de Sterimberg, for example, is completely unoaked, aged exclusively in concrete. I confess I had some difficulties grappling with this, writing in my notes at one point, "Nothing resembling Hermitage as we understand it."

The reds were more consistent with my expectations, with the 2019s looking particularly strong and cellar-worthy here, and the 2020s (from barrel) being softer and more elegant.  Published: Jan 20, 2022

1. 15,5 % Vol. Alc., Naturkork
2. Allergene: Enthält Sulfite
3. Flascheninhalt: 0,75 l     

4. Erzeuger/Abfüller: Domaine Paul Jaboulet Aîné, Verantw. Caroline Frey, 46 La Roche de Glun, F-26600 Tain-l'Hermitage, France, Tel. + (0) 33 4 75 84 83 44, email: info@jaboulet.com