1996 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle

Community Tasting Notes (232) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  3/9/2024 - astroman wrote: 91 Points

  Hawker Food Night: Blinded, still some fruits left but mostly secondary on the palate.

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  3/9/2024 - melvinyeowq wrote: 89 Points

  Hawker night at Caroline's: Still quite acidic and tannic with warm roasted fruit so guessed 2003 Hermitage. A rather plodding wine.

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  2/18/2024 - eboracum Likes this wine: 90 Points

  My bottles of this have been maddeningly variable. A bottle just over a year ago was excellent but is predecessor showed signs of premature age. This one was in between the two. At first, the sour cherry infused fruit was sharpened by varnish notes and the finish showed a touch of cabbage-like oxidation but both these elements receded as the wine opened up making for a very good drink but without the complexity and velvety texture of the best bottle.

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  11/30/2023 - philmtl wrote: flawed

  Deader than dead. Maderized and putrid (applies to both bottles).

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  10/16/2023 - ankitmehra Likes this wine: 94 Points

  I must have gotten lucky with the bottle on the night because this wine was absolutely singing. I've made it a mission to drink more Northern Rhône wine this fall / winter and this bottle was a great example of why. The nose was multilayered and highly aromatic, going from notes of raspberries and florality to forest floor and smoke. The palette, though, was a joy as a fruitier upfront containing redcurrants and raspberries moved into notes of cassis, cedar and tobacco on the mid-palette. The finish was soft and elongated as licorice and earthier notes medlied together. I'm not sure how much better this wine is going to get going forward, but it was brilliant on the night.

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