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• Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 94 points

  May 3, 2024 - A Private Rhone Paulee in London: This was served from two bottles. The first was a little over the hill, the second, which this note describes, was on point. Amazing aged green fennel. Green pipe tobacco. Sour cherry lozenge. Pretty good finish. Very similar to an aged Right Bank Bordeaux with Cabernet Franc notes. I’ve had better aged wines but this 42 year old Jaboulet was charming. 93-94 drink up

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• ankitmehra Likes this wine: 96 points

  December 19, 2023 - This has to be one of my wines of the year, which shows you how easily it was wine of the night on the night. An absolutely incredible bottle of Paul Jaboulet Aîné’s Hermitage ‘La Chapelle’ from 1982 - the type of bottle you hope to never see the bottom of. The nose was everything I love about the Northern Rhône as pepper, baking spices, and a hint of cinnamon worked across blackcurrants and a rustic cigar box scent. The palate had lot of power left as redcurrants and cranberries medlied across a tertiary mid-palate of cedar wood, spices and herbs, continuing into a finish that brought in earthiness, mushrooms and a hint of truffle. A rustically elegant wine that was a joy to drink on the night.

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• Wine Canuck wrote: 95 points

  March 4, 2023 - Northern Rhone-a-thon: This pours light garnet in the glass. The nose is very lifted and aromatic of red currant, creosote, cracked black pepper, capers, fresh ginger, iron, brine, cement, diesel, and dried rose petals. The palate is velvety prominently featuring crunchy berry fruit alongside the wild secondary elements of the nose showing caper brine, beef broth, and grilled meat on the finish that fans out nicely. Loved this and a vintage of Chapelle that is often overlooked. Just so elegant and beautiful. My descriptions on this may sounds overly mature but this bottle was far from it and drinking with plenty of energy and life. Just a glorious bottle that I could easily be underrating a tad.

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• MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 92 points

  January 23, 2023 - With Michael Lehmann and Brett Raven at Michael's house. Medium dark ruby. Definite full-blown Rhone nose. Smoke, game, leather. Excellent in the mouth. Rich, intense, excellent balance, beefy, full body. Long in the mouth. Tremendous. Excellent wine all around. 5-12-17-8: 92/100.

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• Collector1855 wrote: 97 points

  December 7, 2022 - Salon Focofi Paris walkabout and dinner, so no detailed tasting notes. After the slightly oxidative 1989 sample came this glorious bottle. Wonderful notes of farmyard, red fruit, spices, leather.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1982
• Type Red
• Producer Paul Jaboulet Aîné
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation La Chapelle
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Hermitage
• UPC Code 089744374233

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• Pending Delivery 15 (1%)
• In Cellars 631 (61%)
• Consumed 395 (38%)

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