1985 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle

Community Tasting Notes (175) Avg Score: 92.6 points

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  3/17/2024 - atbarbar Likes this wine: 95 Points

  A bit of tawny on the rim, but still a core of dark red at the core. Sweetness in the nose accompanied by oysters, a trademark of the house before the change in ownership. Then the sequence of herbs, above all thyme, asparagus. Then charred meat and roasted coffee, but not intense. Black olives to conclude. Mineral calcareous backbone. Still in excellent shape with acidity supporting the matter. Some time ago, in 2013 I had tried this wine and it has kept very well. Tasted side-by-side with Borgogno 1985 riserva in 2013 and today. I had written at the time "This was the freshest of all (borgogno vertical), very youthful, both in the color and on the palate. Very balanced, nice acidity awesome tannins. Drink now or keep longer. Interestingly, also the 1985 jaboulet hermitage was the best of the tasting with very similar characteristics." In sharp contrast, today the Borgogno is gone whereas the Jaboulet is in perfect conditions. So drink now, keep for a little longer. But this is a fantastic bottle, a time capsule that encapsulates foregone times, an old winemaking style and climate that is no longer.

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  2/27/2024 - Goodwine4ever wrote: 93 Points

  Comparé au 1983, celui-si est sur un profil beaucoup plus jeune et fringant.
  Du fruit rouge au nez et en bouche, tannins soyeux, légère touche boisé, sans être des plus complexes, il s'agit vraiment d'un très beau vin complet bien équilibré qui tient la route à merveille car il ne fait pas son age.

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  2/20/2024 - G SQUARED Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Stellar. Perfect drinking window and don’t see how it can get better.

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  1/27/2024 - oldwines Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Next to last of 6 bottles in my cellar since release. Decanted at 6:30pm and tasted over 4+ hours. 13.5% ABV. This is a truly miraculous bottle of wine. Shockingly youthful and getting younger looking as it gets more air. Initially some hints of brick that disappeared after a few hours. Wonderful texture and body, not too rich and not too bright…perfectly balanced. So many flavors and aromas going on that evolve in layers, then repeat over time…game meat, black pepper, boysenberry, blackberry, eucalyptus, wet stones, cedar, tobacco. Oh, so complex and constantly evolving with never an off note. It’s really hard to communicate the complexity and elegance of this wine…supremely so. Long, layered and deep. Not a hint of oxidation. This is a thrilling wine that went fabulously with grilled prime beef strip steaks. Simply stunning!
  
  P.S. Amazingly the next day this was still evolving. It had bacon and chocolate galore along with dark red and black fruit.

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  1/20/2024 - Araldinho Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Medium deep brick red.
  Aromas of chocolate, roasted coffee, cassis, sweet cherry, rosemary, heather, scorched earth and pine wood.
  Lively sanded tannins. Blackcurrant acids and dark chocolate bitterness.
  Palate of cassis, plum jam, hawthorn, juniper wood, serrano ham and crushed rock.
  A wonderful, complex and utterly well-balanced wine with ripe dark fruit, typical herbal and chocolate aromas and long rather muscular finish. Drink within 10-15 years.
  Tasted alongside Jaboulet chapelle 1988 and the present wine was powerful, riper fruit and greater wine in comparison. A great wine!

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