During a tasting. Notes of torrefaction with a some nutty elements pointing towards oxidation. Worryingly I encountered quite a few oxidative bottles of this producer in various merchant events and my own bottles from vintages after 2005.
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Pepper, seared meat, lots of spice, olives, dark dried and cooked fruit. Pretty much mature, but this will be worth following at least 10 more years...
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dark bright ruby very very slight hint of garnet On the nose, intoxicating violet, roses, red and black cherries, nutmeg, vanilla Palate matches the nose Rich and elegant at the same time Longggg finish
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Salon Ficofi Paris walkabout tasting and dinner, no detailed tasting notes. From JERO, much more open then last year and really impressive. Spice, ginger, pepper, meat, earthy. Very grand.
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Jaboulet dinner, from magnum, dark, black fruits, primary but everything in balance, big wine, warm vintage but elegant, v good but in this format still another 5 yrs from really strutting its stuff 94+
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I enjoyed this bottle at The Oven in The Haymarket tonight with my friends Wade and Kelsey. I have never had Hermitage previously in all my years for wine drinking, so this was a much anticipated event. The wine was decanted for about an hour before drinking with dinner, but I did have a small glass right away. Immediately on the nose was plum, dark fruit, perhaps mulberry or boysenberry, sweetness, earth, olive. The palate was much the same, but with the slightest hint of tobacco. Very balanced and complex. Tannins are receded. The air caused the various components to blend into a harmonious, fantastic wine. Certainly a great wine with years of prime drinking ahead. This one is hard for me to score since I have no experience with Hermitage, and mostly drink Southern Rhone wines. I would say easily 94, perhaps 95. The finish could have been a little more profound, but I'm not asking for my money back. A great bottle.
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Aromas of dark plum, forest floor, red chilli, vanilla, some warm aromas of charcoal and ash, white pepper. Medium bodied. High but fine, velvety tannins, Very nice, juicy acidity. The overall package is just a little unbalanced however and I’m not sure it’s going to resolve.
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Savoury nose of grilled meat, black berries, clove, violet and toasty licorice. Palate reflects the notes from the nose, rich and rounded. Full and smoked spicy mid-palate with a touch of acidity towards the end of the palate. Transition to finish is seamless, fine tannins and deep. Ready to drink now and will last for another 3/5 years.
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YAWG Rhone vs. Grange: Ripe, like restrained Shiraz. Dark plum, cumin, tobacco, clove. Lamb with mint, beef tongue. A little hard to judge at this stage.
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After an hour’s decant this wine is still fruit forward, cherry pie, bakewell tart, tertiary characteristics only emerge in the very last glass, great structure & balance. Still young but approachable.
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Drank from bottle over 3 hours. Clear, deep ruby. Fine legs. On the nose: Dark plum, red and dark cherry, earth; hints of strawberry, sweet spice, black pepper and toasted oak. On the palate: High acidity, medium(+) body, medium(+) flavour intensity with plum and cherry notes, sweet spice, earth, tobacco and licorice. High firm tannins and a long velvety finish. Prior to opening, I was worried because of the seeming variation in others' experiences, but this bottle performed superbly. The wine had a darker fruit profile than the '05 Ermite just before, although the nose was just as clean and smooth. This struck me as being very balanced, but still quite young and primary. I will hold my remaining bottles for awhile.
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Hermitage Session (Extra Space): Tasted blind. Drank from bottle over 3 hours. Appearance is clear, deep intensity, ruby colour. Legs. Nose is clean, pronounced intensity, with aromas of dark earth, toasty oak, black plums, black cherries, blackberries. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, high alcohol (14.5%), firm high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, wth flavours of sweet dark earth, black cherries, black plums, blackberries, licorice, smoke, sweet spices. Long finish. Very good quality. A full throttle Syrah. Still young now, this feels like it needs another 7-8 years. And again, there seems to be lots of varied reviews for the La Chapelle bottles before the new management in 2006.
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Decanted for a good hour. To be honest this wine is a touch stewed and maybe the winemaker here misjudged what 2005 ripeness can do to a wine. Also it didn't help we had it next to the 2001 Chapoutier Ermitage Le Pavillon (Papies 94+) which was utterly balanced. This felt a bit overweight, heavy wine albeit not powerful in new world style. Still lacked charm. Maybe age is needed here?? 89 at best
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Already a ton of sediment. Brilliant cut on the palate and nice coffee and game aromas. Warm stones, ripe berries, leather. Hitting maturity fast and hard but a nice bottle.
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Enjoyed at Del Frisco's Fort Worth. This one was decanted probably a couple of hours ahead of time. Dark, dark red/black into the glass. The nose was deep, dark northern Rhone Syrah, classic. Not as jammy as Cali Syrah for sure, this one was darker and filled with truffle scents in addition to the black currant. The initial palate was fig and blackberry, a little sweet but mostly darker fruit for sure with a full, darker palate. The wine was very masculine, grilled meat in the middle with a full bodied blackberry currant in the middle. Finished with some tannin, and had a rather significant amount of black pepper. This one was good, dark, full bodied. Very nice wine, and really I think just a baby with a lot of room for improvement.
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Very austere aromas of wet stone over cherry fruit and licorice. Silky on the palate to start, developing into leather and black berry flavors with notes of lavender, minerals, tobacco and black pepper. Prodigious tannin suggests lots more cellar potential.
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91pts is for night three, on night one it was oaky and a little astringent, i'm sure it is it's youth but i couldn't peer thru the fog and see a blockbuster in ten to twenty years, on night three much better with some more fruit coming fwd and the acid / alcohol having integrated... very nice wine, wonder if it was be 95 pts in 15 years... i can't tell
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Vanilla, oak, sweet blackberry jam and truffle scents open to a young, tannic wine that demands cellar time. However, the tannins are not ripe which leaves a chalky, dry sensation in the blackberry and earth finish.
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WGS: Paul Jaboulet La Chapelle (St Regis): Quite tight with hints of cool berry fruits, pepper nose tickling and some crayola. More floral fruits than the 07, this has spicy black cherries, cool somewhat bright polished fruits and dry earthy finish.Good structure and showing much more potential than the 07. A good wine.
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Elegant with slight meaty notes. Expressive but not in your face meaning you have to really sniff and get the nose. Some dried flowers and herbs. Tannins is very thick but very long finish. Good stuffing but still very tight on the palate
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Jaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle Vertical - 2007, '05, '04, 1997, '91, '88, '85, '82, 1976 (St Regis, Singapore): Another rather good wine that showed well without quite hitting the heights. I liked the nose. More restrained than the 2007, but pleasant, with tight little notes of red cherries, along with some ferrous mineral, spice and little hints of oaky vanillin. There was a slight whiff of alcohol at first, but that blew away rather fast. Palate was still really, really young. Tons of bright acidity marked the attack, lovely freshness I thought - it just about threatened to move into tart territory at times, but there was plenty of pure cherry fruit, along with some kumquat and some orange peel flavours to pull the wine back into focus. All this was wrapped in a layer of rather tough, mouth-puckering tannins, clearly showing that this has a long way to go yet. Finish was somewhere between medium to long, with more mouthfilling freshness, a touch of herbs and another layer of dry, mouthcoating tannins at the close. I think this will show well in the years down the road. For the moment, a long sleep in the cellar is recommended.
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syrah smackdown (Barrington IL, Wally's house): nose: on the tight side, but what is already there is very deep and moving with beautiful tones of black and white pepper, black cherries, leather, cigar wrapper, and hints of spices. There is so much going on with the nose that its hard to really get down everything in the short time span that I had with it
taste: deft balance and very deep with beautiful tones that just scream northern rhone. Great tones of charcol, some smoke tones, black and white pepper, black cherries, and leather
overall: a barely born puppy that has top quality written all over it. While sometimes La Chapelle can dissapoint, I don't think that there's any worry with that here as this wine will reward those that are patient with it.
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Color; very dark/intense ruby/slight-moderately inky...looks fantastic in the glass. Aromas; Where do I start; intense aromas; blackberries, blackraspberries, blackcherries, violets/spices/herbs, garrigue, currants, earth/dirt, cedar/cigar box/smoke, hints of cocoa/chocolate/peppery notes Palate; blackraspberries, blackcherries, violets/floral notes/spices, herbs, garrigue/currants/cedar, cigar/cocoa, chocolate/peppercorns. Unbelievable! Amazing! Mid-palate; it continues to unfold; power and finesse; black fruits/herbs, spices, garrigue/currants/dirt,earth/cedar, cigar/spices, peppercorns Finish; Smooth, round, dimensional,...absolutely incredible; blackfruits, cherries, violets/garrigue, spice/herbs, cedar/cigarbox, cocoa/chocolate, peppery finish. Even though this is a young wine...it is amazing now, and it will be even more amazing several years down the road. This wine deserves all the hype it gets!!!!!
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Elegant and delicious. Small cherry tarts with almonds and custard-cream on nose and palate. Hints of root beer, mint, cinnamon, some earth and a musty quality that reminded me of walking in the winery around crush time. Gentle but firm minerality, acid and tannins. Obviously a baby, this wine will be really interesting once it matures and the spice, earth and must come into play more.
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Went to a 2005 Jaboulet and Rostaing tasting last night. The retailer did not print out Parker notes on the Jaboulet but did for the Rostaing. Certainly two very different styles. Rostaing all old world personality and Jaboulet new world correctness. Anyway my top wine was the Chapelle which showed unbelievable power, finesse and freshness, incredibly stuff that needs decades to mature, and will evolve like the best vintages of Chapelle of old. The Rostaing Landonne is faulty - sulfur bound. The Rostaing Blonde was my second wine - great personality and length but not of the same precision of the Chapelle.
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Hermitage La Chapelle, 10 vintages incl 1990. TWS Tasting (Merchant Taylors' Hall, London): Similar colour to the 06 - dense, deep red. More far equities and more forthcoming. Ripe cherry fruit and a hint of raspberry. Already showing a generous side. Some grip certainly, but lovely fruit, very pure. Raspberry and blackberry on the finish. No obvious oak. This will be hard to resist at a young age. Will it alof down or stay generous? Revisiting at the end of the tasting this is closing up a bit, so I suspect that's the answer. **1/2(**)
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3/4/2024 - Collector1855 wrote: flawed
During a tasting. Notes of torrefaction with a some nutty elements pointing towards oxidation. Worryingly I encountered quite a few oxidative bottles of this producer in various merchant events and my own bottles from vintages after 2005.
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2/8/2024 - viniferatu Likes this wine:
Pepper, seared meat, lots of spice, olives, dark dried and cooked fruit. Pretty much mature, but this will be worth following at least 10 more years...
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2/2/2024 - chicsucre wrote:
dark bright ruby very very slight hint of garnet
On the nose, intoxicating violet, roses, red and black cherries, nutmeg, vanilla
Palate matches the nose
Rich and elegant at the same time
Longggg finish
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1/26/2024 - Collector1855 wrote: flawed
Dry cork that crumbled when pulled. Nose of cooked fruit and lightly oxidative. May be not a representative bottle
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12/12/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 97 Points
Salon Ficofi Paris walkabout tasting and dinner, no detailed tasting notes. From JERO, much more open then last year and really impressive. Spice, ginger, pepper, meat, earthy. Very grand.
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11/24/2023 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine: 94 Points
Jaboulet dinner, from magnum, dark, black fruits, primary but everything in balance, big wine, warm vintage but elegant, v good but in this format still another 5 yrs from really strutting its stuff
94+
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5/23/2023 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine:
At Vinexpo, Cloudy red, solid nose ripe red fruits, full bodied, drinking well
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5/19/2023 - Wineallover wrote: 93 Points
Brief note. Always a treat to drink La Chapelle. This 2005 is still young and will hold well for another 10 years. Very enjoyable!
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12/7/2022 - Collector1855 wrote: 93 Points
Salon Focofi Paris walkabout and dinner, so no detailed tasting notes. From Jero. This was very closed and hard to assess. Try again in 2025. 92-94
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6/23/2022 - bucktooth22 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decanted 30 min. Sweet cherries, plum, graphite, walnuts. Dry, medium/full body, strong frontal tannins, burning throat, ripe cherry finish.
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4/22/2022 - Magnum PI Likes this wine: 94 Points
I enjoyed this bottle at The Oven in The Haymarket tonight with my friends Wade and Kelsey. I have never had Hermitage previously in all my years for wine drinking, so this was a much anticipated event. The wine was decanted for about an hour before drinking with dinner, but I did have a small glass right away. Immediately on the nose was plum, dark fruit, perhaps mulberry or boysenberry, sweetness, earth, olive. The palate was much the same, but with the slightest hint of tobacco. Very balanced and complex. Tannins are receded. The air caused the various components to blend into a harmonious, fantastic wine. Certainly a great wine with years of prime drinking ahead. This one is hard for me to score since I have no experience with Hermitage, and mostly drink Southern Rhone wines. I would say easily 94, perhaps 95. The finish could have been a little more profound, but I'm not asking for my money back. A great bottle.
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4/27/2021 - LB88 wrote: 93 Points
Quite a surprise for me as this was drinking beautifully and had all the elements to get better. It had great mouthfeel and length.
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3/8/2021 - Andice wrote: 90 Points
This bottle seem overripe and pruny. Better notes on the finish. Slightly out of balance but serviceable. Poor QPR
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6/24/2020 - hargy Likes this wine: 90 Points
clearly well made but somewhat anodyne - it is good for a few years yet may develop into something more as it matures
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6/17/2019 - Andice wrote: 91 Points
Typical savageness in nose and palate, powerful but can be quite monolithic. Long and loaded mid-palate. Very textbook Hermitage, but no Wow. Weak QPR
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6/3/2019 - OmiyaDrinker wrote: 90 Points
Aromas of dark plum, forest floor, red chilli, vanilla, some warm aromas of charcoal and ash, white pepper. Medium bodied. High but fine, velvety tannins, Very nice, juicy acidity. The overall package is just a little unbalanced however and I’m not sure it’s going to resolve.
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10/26/2018 - Psdycp wrote: 91 Points
Savoury nose of grilled meat, black berries, clove, violet and toasty licorice. Palate reflects the notes from the nose, rich and rounded. Full and smoked spicy mid-palate with a touch of acidity towards the end of the palate. Transition to finish is seamless, fine tannins and deep. Ready to drink now and will last for another 3/5 years.
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5/26/2018 - OmiyaDrinker wrote: 92 Points
YAWG Rhone vs. Grange: Ripe, like restrained Shiraz. Dark plum, cumin, tobacco, clove. Lamb with mint, beef tongue. A little hard to judge at this stage.
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5/12/2018 - Cikgoo Likes this wine: 95 Points
Wonderful Rhone with smooth tannis and dark fruits.
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12/30/2017 - Kiranonwine Likes this wine:
After an hour’s decant this wine is still fruit forward, cherry pie, bakewell tart, tertiary characteristics only emerge in the very last glass, great structure & balance. Still young but approachable.
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11/7/2017 - SlimShaney wrote: 89 Points
Lovely swirly fruit but not keen on the pepper. Never like pepper. It detracts from the harmony.
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10/28/2017 - Torchy Likes this wine: 92 Points
Vin I Nord Fine Wine Fall BYO; 10/28/2017-10/29/2017 (Tord Marius): Dark red - without signs of age. Spices and fresh cherries. Greatly balanced and with an admirable structure. A juicy and fresh wine. Blind I did not recon this as a Hermitage, rather Piemote!
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3/7/2017 - ozyloy Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drank from bottle over 3 hours.
Clear, deep ruby. Fine legs.
On the nose: Dark plum, red and dark cherry, earth; hints of strawberry, sweet spice, black pepper and toasted oak.
On the palate: High acidity, medium(+) body, medium(+) flavour intensity with plum and cherry notes, sweet spice, earth, tobacco and licorice. High firm tannins and a long velvety finish.
Prior to opening, I was worried because of the seeming variation in others' experiences, but this bottle performed superbly. The wine had a darker fruit profile than the '05 Ermite just before, although the nose was just as clean and smooth. This struck me as being very balanced, but still quite young and primary. I will hold my remaining bottles for awhile.
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3/7/2017 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 95 Points
Hermitage Session (Extra Space): Tasted blind. Drank from bottle over 3 hours.
Appearance is clear, deep intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, pronounced intensity, with aromas of dark earth, toasty oak, black plums, black cherries, blackberries. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, high alcohol (14.5%), firm high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, wth flavours of sweet dark earth, black cherries, black plums, blackberries, licorice, smoke, sweet spices. Long finish.
Very good quality. A full throttle Syrah. Still young now, this feels like it needs another 7-8 years.
And again, there seems to be lots of varied reviews for the La Chapelle bottles before the new management in 2006.
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1/21/2017 - adaptation wrote: 91 Points
Nice red color very complex, floral aroma, black fruit and spice.
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8/15/2016 - Zunga wrote: 91 Points
Always enjoyable. Just delicious and balanced!
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7/5/2016 - Papies wrote: 89 Points
Decanted for a good hour.
To be honest this wine is a touch stewed and maybe the winemaker here misjudged what 2005 ripeness can do to a wine. Also it didn't help we had it next to the 2001 Chapoutier Ermitage Le Pavillon (Papies 94+) which was utterly balanced. This felt a bit overweight, heavy wine albeit not powerful in new world style. Still lacked charm. Maybe age is needed here?? 89 at best
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4/20/2016 - FPLopes Likes this wine: 95 Points
Perfect, well balanced on everything. Ready to drink.
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2/28/2016 - yofog wrote:
Already a ton of sediment. Brilliant cut on the palate and nice coffee and game aromas. Warm stones, ripe berries, leather. Hitting maturity fast and hard but a nice bottle.
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10/3/2013 - mflesh Likes this wine: 93 Points
Enjoyed at Del Frisco's Fort Worth. This one was decanted probably a couple of hours ahead of time. Dark, dark red/black into the glass. The nose was deep, dark northern Rhone Syrah, classic. Not as jammy as Cali Syrah for sure, this one was darker and filled with truffle scents in addition to the black currant. The initial palate was fig and blackberry, a little sweet but mostly darker fruit for sure with a full, darker palate. The wine was very masculine, grilled meat in the middle with a full bodied blackberry currant in the middle. Finished with some tannin, and had a rather significant amount of black pepper. This one was good, dark, full bodied. Very nice wine, and really I think just a baby with a lot of room for improvement.
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7/23/2013 - kosinski wrote:
Very austere aromas of wet stone over cherry fruit and licorice. Silky on the palate to start, developing into leather and black berry flavors with notes of lavender, minerals, tobacco and black pepper. Prodigious tannin suggests lots more cellar potential.
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12/23/2012 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 91 Points
91pts is for night three, on night one it was oaky and a little astringent, i'm sure it is it's youth but i couldn't peer thru the fog and see a blockbuster in ten to twenty years, on night three much better with some more fruit coming fwd and the acid / alcohol having integrated... very nice wine, wonder if it was be 95 pts in 15 years... i can't tell
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10/26/2012 - Jeff Leve wrote: 90 Points
Vanilla, oak, sweet blackberry jam and truffle scents open to a young, tannic wine that demands cellar time. However, the tannins are not ripe which leaves a chalky, dry sensation in the blackberry and earth finish.
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5/4/2011 - bencafil wrote: 95 Points
Confraria 03/05/11 Tre Bichieri-Los,Beni,Moshe,renato,Rubem,Juju e Edu
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5/11/2010 - Rupert wrote: 90 Points
Hermitage La Chapelle - complete vertical 1961-2005 (Institute of Directors, London): Glossy fruit, oaky, some florality. Juicy and simple (though this was probably because we'd started with the '61) - more compact than I was expecting
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4/25/2010 - Alex H wrote: 87 Points
WGS: Paul Jaboulet La Chapelle (St Regis): Quite tight with hints of cool berry fruits, pepper nose tickling and some crayola. More floral fruits than the 07, this has spicy black cherries, cool somewhat bright polished fruits and dry earthy finish.Good structure and showing much more potential than the 07. A good wine.
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4/20/2010 - astroman wrote:
Elegant with slight meaty notes. Expressive but not in your face meaning you have to really sniff and get the nose. Some dried flowers and herbs. Tannins is very thick but very long finish. Good stuffing but still very tight on the palate
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4/20/2010 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points
Jaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle Vertical - 2007, '05, '04, 1997, '91, '88, '85, '82, 1976 (St Regis, Singapore): Another rather good wine that showed well without quite hitting the heights. I liked the nose. More restrained than the 2007, but pleasant, with tight little notes of red cherries, along with some ferrous mineral, spice and little hints of oaky vanillin. There was a slight whiff of alcohol at first, but that blew away rather fast. Palate was still really, really young. Tons of bright acidity marked the attack, lovely freshness I thought - it just about threatened to move into tart territory at times, but there was plenty of pure cherry fruit, along with some kumquat and some orange peel flavours to pull the wine back into focus. All this was wrapped in a layer of rather tough, mouth-puckering tannins, clearly showing that this has a long way to go yet. Finish was somewhere between medium to long, with more mouthfilling freshness, a touch of herbs and another layer of dry, mouthcoating tannins at the close. I think this will show well in the years down the road. For the moment, a long sleep in the cellar is recommended.
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5/2/2009 - ews3 wrote: 92 Points
Philadelphia Wine Festival (Marriott, Philadelphia PA): Nice, but not sure if it was quite up to the price. Had the requisite meaty and blood notes, with some sweet spice (clove?) on top.
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5/2/2009 - jrobs7777 wrote:
The Eighth Annual Philadelphia Wine Festival (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown): Left a little disappointed by this. Very good, but expectations were a bit higher.
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4/24/2009 - KeithAkers wrote: 92 Points
syrah smackdown (Barrington IL, Wally's house): nose: on the tight side, but what is already there is very deep and moving with beautiful tones of black and white pepper, black cherries, leather, cigar wrapper, and hints of spices. There is so much going on with the nose that its hard to really get down everything in the short time span that I had with it
taste: deft balance and very deep with beautiful tones that just scream northern rhone. Great tones of charcol, some smoke tones, black and white pepper, black cherries, and leather
overall: a barely born puppy that has top quality written all over it. While sometimes La Chapelle can dissapoint, I don't think that there's any worry with that here as this wine will reward those that are patient with it.
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12/30/2008 - bridawineguy wrote:
Color; very dark/intense ruby/slight-moderately inky...looks fantastic in the glass.
Aromas; Where do I start; intense aromas; blackberries, blackraspberries, blackcherries, violets/spices/herbs, garrigue, currants, earth/dirt, cedar/cigar box/smoke, hints of cocoa/chocolate/peppery notes
Palate; blackraspberries, blackcherries, violets/floral notes/spices, herbs, garrigue/currants/cedar, cigar/cocoa, chocolate/peppercorns. Unbelievable! Amazing!
Mid-palate; it continues to unfold; power and finesse; black fruits/herbs, spices, garrigue/currants/dirt,earth/cedar, cigar/spices, peppercorns
Finish; Smooth, round, dimensional,...absolutely incredible; blackfruits, cherries, violets/garrigue, spice/herbs, cedar/cigarbox, cocoa/chocolate, peppery finish.
Even though this is a young wine...it is amazing now, and it will be even more amazing several years down the road. This wine deserves all the hype it gets!!!!!
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11/18/2008 - Hershey in CA wrote:
Elegant and delicious. Small cherry tarts with almonds and custard-cream on nose and palate. Hints of root beer, mint, cinnamon, some earth and a musty quality that reminded me of walking in the winery around crush time. Gentle but firm minerality, acid and tannins. Obviously a baby, this wine will be really interesting once it matures and the spice, earth and must come into play more.
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9/25/2008 - mike wrote: 95 Points
Went to a 2005 Jaboulet and Rostaing tasting last night. The retailer did not print out Parker notes on the Jaboulet but did for the Rostaing. Certainly two very different styles. Rostaing all old world personality and Jaboulet new world correctness. Anyway my top wine was the Chapelle which showed unbelievable power, finesse and freshness, incredibly stuff that needs decades to mature, and will evolve like the best vintages of Chapelle of old. The Rostaing Landonne is faulty - sulfur bound. The Rostaing Blonde was my second wine - great personality and length but not of the same precision of the Chapelle.
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9/22/2008 - SimonG wrote:
Hermitage La Chapelle, 10 vintages incl 1990. TWS Tasting (Merchant Taylors' Hall, London): Similar colour to the 06 - dense, deep red. More far equities and more forthcoming. Ripe cherry fruit and a hint of raspberry. Already showing a generous side. Some grip certainly, but lovely fruit, very pure. Raspberry and blackberry on the finish. No obvious oak. This will be hard to resist at a young age. Will it alof down or stay generous? Revisiting at the end of the tasting this is closing up a bit, so I suspect that's the answer. **1/2(**)
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