Great suprise to find how alive and vibrant this one still is at 23 years of age nose shrooms, strawbery jam, blackberry compote, whiff of barnyard great balance and length. Excellent.
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Dark fresh fruit and touch of barnyard; the wine just not giving any hint of its age. The palate confirms the black cherry fruit with good acidity; little short on the middle palate. Tannins are ripe and in balance with the fruit.
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Definitely a food wine. Great with roast beef. Fruitiness is beginning to fade, acidity coming through. Complexity evident. Should drink up within the next year or two.
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Last of a 3-bottle set got in promotion few years back. Very fresh, with strong minearlity, acidity and little flesh (almost like an old bordeaux or burgundy rather than a rhone valley wine). Still elegant and drinkable / No blockbuster but fine and elegant. A good QPR.
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Purchased in the Charles De Galle airport in June 2009. This is the Jaboulet 'Vielles Vignes Millenium Bottling' Crozes Hermitage, does not specify the Thalabert vineyard. Ruby red, tints of orange hiding behind a blue screen. Aroma was subdued on cork removal, some brett. I both decanted and left some wine in the bottle for air access; no real difference after about 2 hours. The tannins from the Syrah have softened considerably, and with the age have fostered an interesting raisin, prune, fig expression, mostly overpowering the pepper notes. After time the aroma opens up, exhibits its earth, leather, and more prune action. The mid-palate and finish is weak, however this is somewhat compensated for by an OK attack. Drink now. This is NOT the Jaboulet Crozes Hermitage (2000 Famille), as has been suggested elsewhere.
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An old-vines selection from the Thalabert vineyard; only occasionally made. I picked up this one bottle in 2001. Extremely unusual: older Jaboulets have usually struck me as thin and old-fashioned; but here, cellar-cool and immediately upon opening, was plushness, vitality and restrained blue-black fruit. They’d clearly selected clean and concentrated fruit, with acidity that preserved the wine long enough to allow this blossoming and contribute towards the special sense of energy. This was my back-up bottle for a wine dinner (Charvin ’95 brown and dead) so I rushed off, and took no notes there on the wine. I recall the nose had gone towards soft red fruits. Palate still deep, dark and well covered. Would have been wonderful to drink by itself. Also clearly had scope to open further and drink over the next 4-8 years. 91-92 now. 92 on account of the special body and energy.
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North Rhône Offline (Rotisserie Jules, South Kensington): A very dark, even garnet. Initially a bit stinky, but then there's sweet, leathery chocolate. Good palate. Decent balance. Nothing over-special. Nice fruit and decent tannic structure. Rather good, though a bit dwarfed by some of its company here.
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12/22/2019 - Kiranonwine Likes this wine:
Great suprise to find how alive and vibrant this one still is at 23 years of age nose shrooms, strawbery jam, blackberry compote, whiff of barnyard great balance and length. Excellent.
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10/17/2015 - Milos wrote: 90 Points
Dark fresh fruit and touch of barnyard; the wine just not giving any hint of its age. The palate confirms the black cherry fruit with good acidity; little short on the middle palate. Tannins are ripe and in balance with the fruit.
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12/2/2012 - northerner Likes this wine: 89 Points
Definitely a food wine. Great with roast beef. Fruitiness is beginning to fade, acidity coming through. Complexity evident. Should drink up within the next year or two.
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5/7/2011 - vinc2020 wrote: 89 Points
Last of a 3-bottle set got in promotion few years back. Very fresh, with strong minearlity, acidity and little flesh (almost like an old bordeaux or burgundy rather than a rhone valley wine).
Still elegant and drinkable / No blockbuster but fine and elegant. A good QPR.
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5/30/2010 - winetennis wrote: 89 Points
Purchased in the Charles De Galle airport in June 2009. This is the Jaboulet 'Vielles Vignes Millenium Bottling' Crozes Hermitage, does not specify the Thalabert vineyard. Ruby red, tints of orange hiding behind a blue screen. Aroma was subdued on cork removal, some brett. I both decanted and left some wine in the bottle for air access; no real difference after about 2 hours. The tannins from the Syrah have softened considerably, and with the age have fostered an interesting raisin, prune, fig expression, mostly overpowering the pepper notes. After time the aroma opens up, exhibits its earth, leather, and more prune action. The mid-palate and finish is weak, however this is somewhat compensated for by an OK attack. Drink now. This is NOT the Jaboulet Crozes Hermitage (2000 Famille), as has been suggested elsewhere.
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3/5/2010 - campingfleurie wrote: 92 Points
An old-vines selection from the Thalabert vineyard; only occasionally made. I picked up this one bottle in 2001. Extremely unusual: older Jaboulets have usually struck me as thin and old-fashioned; but here, cellar-cool and immediately upon opening, was plushness, vitality and restrained blue-black fruit. They’d clearly selected clean and concentrated fruit, with acidity that preserved the wine long enough to allow this blossoming and contribute towards the special sense of energy. This was my back-up bottle for a wine dinner (Charvin ’95 brown and dead) so I rushed off, and took no notes there on the wine. I recall the nose had gone towards soft red fruits. Palate still deep, dark and well covered. Would have been wonderful to drink by itself. Also clearly had scope to open further and drink over the next 4-8 years. 91-92 now. 92 on account of the special body and energy.
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1/9/2006 - Russell Faulkner wrote: 87 Points
Dark, a bit over acidic and simple, reasonable.
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1/7/2006 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 89 Points
North Rhône Offline (Rotisserie Jules, South Kensington): A very dark, even garnet. Initially a bit stinky, but then there's sweet, leathery chocolate. Good palate. Decent balance. Nothing over-special. Nice fruit and decent tannic structure. Rather good, though a bit dwarfed by some of its company here.
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