Community Tasting Notes (429) Avg Score: 95.3 points

  • Brought to the table tonight by Jim Aronson after a 1 hour slow ox in the bottle. Light/medium garnet in the glass. Some orange bricking noticeable as you swirl the glass, and it seemed like as it got more air over 3 hours a little more orange became evident in the glass.

    Nose of smoky/meaty elements., later on a hint of....root beer and leather?

    Palate of still surprisingly silky fruit, primarily black prunes, but not stewed fruit. I hate stewed fruit! HMC noted the wine had almost a Madeira-like quality to it on the palate. Maybe a bit of balsamic? Very well made and still surprisingly complex all around given its age at 34 years. The first of these I've ever had and while I'm not the biggest Syrah or CDP guy, it was quite enjoyable and certainly a treat to experience it. I was torn between a score of 94 and 95 in my notebook and did not check on CT to see what its average score was before posting this note. Good to know I'm in the ballpark as I am in no way a CDP expert. Thanks for the great experience with this bottle, Jim!

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  • blind
    Finally I got a great 1990 Chapelle. At his peak, low in fruits an tannins, but nicely balanced. Spicy . 97

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  • Ye Paulee (Hao Noodle): Powerful and sweet if a bit simple. 93

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  • Incredible wine drinking experience. Evolved over 3 hours, hit its peak around 2 hours. Dark fruit, pomegranate, leather, pepper, eventually got blueberry, baking spice, and lots of complexity, with a long finish. Fun fun fun.

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  • Houston Northern Rhone Blowout: Last tasted a year ago, at this event, there were two bottles with a different fonts for the vintage on the label. THB, I think they were both real as the wine inside was pretty darn similar and reminiscent of my previous experience. Hard to say though. This came off as well aged but a little monochromatic.

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  • By Michael Godel
    12/25/2021, (See more on WineAlign...)

    (Paul Jaboulet Aîné La Chapelle, Ac Hermitage red) Login and sign up and see review text.

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  • By Richard Jennings
    2/4/2015, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 98 points

    (Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle) Bricking, very dark red violet color; appealing, roasted black fruit, tobacco, bacon fat nose; youthful, tasty, rich, silky textured, tart black fruit, tobacco, tart berry palate; long finish 98+ points
  • By Richard Jennings
    5/30/2009, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 93 points

    (Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle) Very dark red violet color; animal fur, gamey, borscht, malted chocolate ball, iron and mineral nose; roasted plum, tart plum, tart cherry and chocolate palate; long finish 93+ pts.
  • By Richard Jennings
    4/26/2009, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 99 points

    (Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle) Dark red violet color; sexy, bacon, roasted meat, black fruit and herbes nose; gorgeous, elegant, tart red fruit, salty plum, dried red fruit, graphite, smoke, tar and roasted meat palate, with depth; long finish
  • By Richard Jennings
    2/8/2008, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 93 points

    (Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle) Deep red violet color; funky, horseradish, black fruit, charcoal and clove nose; black fruit, clove, mint and graphite palate; medium+ finish 93+ pts. (group's WOTF and WOTN)
  • By Richard Jennings
    12/26/2007, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 100 points

    (Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle) Perfect fill; black red violet with red violet meniscus; plum, black fruit, bay leaf and bacon fat nose; very youthful, tangy, luscious black fruit, plum, bay leaf palate, with roasted meat edges, that fully opened, after an hour or so, adding pepper and black olives to the palate; long finish 100+ pts. (perfect pairing with a rare maigret and fresh haricot vert salad on arrival at my dear friends' restored farmhouse in the Languedoc)
  • By Richard Jennings
    6/29/2007, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 96 points

    (Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle) Dark garnet red color; tart plum, black fruit, fig and leather nose; gorgeous, concentrated, elegant Syrah, plum and black fruit palate with a beefy note, young yet; long finish 96+ pts. WOTF

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