2001 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Petite Chapelle

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  4/20/2022 - cursitor Likes this wine: 96 Points

  A wine I didn’t know I needed in my life. This was a stunning bottle, clearly in near ex-domaine condition and very well stored.
  
  On opening, a huge, almost Australian waft of rich dark Syrah fruit which led me to think this would be fun, but none too subtle. A long decant, though, (5 hrs plus) changed the game. Once the big fruit had backed down, this was elegant, really well balanced and utterly beguiling.
  
  Brickish colouring, and as pale at the rim as Hermitage ever gets. Sweet stewed fruit on the nose, plums and a hint of spice box, rich tobacco and leather, but all lifted by nicely balanced acidity.
  
  Clearly fully mature, and probably one for fans of older wines, but an extremely pleasing surprise from an off-vintage, and a period that wasn’t a high point for this producer.

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  11/2/2017 - Markus IWC wrote: 95 Points

  Magnum tasting, bottle #6: huge wine, voted WOTN by a considerable margin. Purpur colour with beautiful orange rim. Multilayered and sophisticated nose with leafs, tobacco, grass, blood, iron, figs, dates, prunes, soil, coffee, tar, dark cherries and meaty notes. Animalic, exclusive feeling. A beaty!! 95p

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  4/17/2013 - Marcyrillo Does not like this wine: 87 Points

  Confraria - Australia: Lacking body and structure. Weak.

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  11/10/2012 - grafstrb wrote:

  Sheffield does Northern Rhone (Wig & Pen (Sheffield, UK)): -- popped and poured --
  -- tasted a single pour non-blind over approx. 20 min. --
  
  NOSE: rich; pepperoni; rich, dark red-fruits.
  
  BODY: dark red-purple color; medium bodied.
  
  TASTE: ripe red/purple fruits; a bit smoky; decent acidity; a touch muddled, and still too young.

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  7/21/2012 - Nohedes wrote: 91 Points

  Didn't decant this, just popped and poured. Dark colour, garnet, light rim. Nose of oak, spicy, a bit earthy. Very little sediment in the bottle. The palate showed forest fruit, clove, a touch of aniseed on the finish (just a hint). Long finish, classy tannin - in that good place between young and mature where Northern Rhone wines are really moreish. For the price paid (£23 in Jan-07) this was great quality, seeming more modern than La Chapelle but very tasty nonetheless. I'll leave my last bottle for another 5 years, but it's drinking well right now.

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