Paul Jaboulet Aine Hermitage La Chapelle 2012 (OWC 3)
Price: $2250 / bottle
Color: | Red |
Vintage: | 2012 |
Producer: | Paul Jaboulet Aine |
Classification: | - |
Region: | Rhone |
Sub-region: | Hermitage |
Size: | 150cl |
Minimum order: | 3 bottles |
Expert Score:
Robert Parker (RP) | Jancis Robinson (JR) | Wine Spectator (WS) |
---|---|---|
97 | - | 92 |
Description
By Robert Parker in 2014 (RP97)
The grand vin is the 2012 Hermitage la Chapelle, and it lives up to the billing in 2012. Coming mostly from the Meal and aged in just 20% new French oak, it’s a blockbuster that exhibits thrilling, mineral-drenched notes of spiced dark fruits, beef blood, black olive and toast. Full-bodied, deep, layered and incredibly concentrated, it has a stacked mid-palate and enough tannin to warrant another 4-5 years of bottle age. It will have 2-3 decades of overall prime drinking, and certainly evolve for longer. The revamped Jaboulet firm, under the leadership of Caroline Frey, seems to have settled in and are now producing one serious lineup of wines from throughout the Rhone Valley.
By Stephen Tanzer in 2014 (ST94-96)
Dark purple. A heady, expansive bouquet evokes candied black and blue fruits, incense, violet and smoky minerals. Lush, palate-staining cassis and blueberry flavors show excellent clarity and vivacity for their power thanks to juicy acidity and a touch of peppery spices. Closes sweet, sappy, broad and extremely long, with smooth tannins coming on late.