1978 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle

Community Tasting Notes (119) Avg Score: 96.0 points

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  1/28/2024 - aquacongas wrote: 96 Points

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  I expected a lot. For me just over his peak. Still great to drink but mainly tertiary aromas. Some meaty notes, extract sweetness, refreshing acidity. From a perfect cellar. 95-96

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  12/31/2023 - wineton.mee wrote: 93 Points

  Pu’er tea all over, some polished leather and just a ton of tertiaries going on. Feels unreal to be smelling this, it’s not mind blowing but very intriguing. Needed some swirling to get through all that tertiaries and to the fruits. Sweet plummy fruits, orange peel, dried plums, savoury meat, powdery but still persistent tannin. Gave it some time and it unfurled into something really beautiful and haunting. Good acid too. Although this is great drinking at almost 45 yrs old, my feeling is it’s probably peaked and should be drunk sooner rather than later. Overall it fell slightly short of my sky high expectations but nevertheless, is an extremely good bottle.

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  12/30/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 93 Points

  End of year celebration: One of my bucket list wines and an incredibly generous pull. Having tasted my Balthazar, was easy for me to identify this as a northern Rhone from the same era. Slight browning in colour; rich, autumnal dark red fruit that had both sweetness and umami. Good, but not transcendental; but I caveat this was unfortunately was finished too quickly for me to follow the wine properly.

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  12/30/2023 - Dibbs Likes this wine: 94 Points

  A true privilege to have this bottle. Didn’t quite meet its legendary status but was a fantastic bottle nonetheless.

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  9/1/2023 - Jeff Leve wrote: 98 Points

  Smoked meat, black pepper, black raspberries, iron, herbs, spice, and barbeque notes hit your olfactory senses. Full-bodied, concentrated, deep, long, and intense, the sweet, and tart red berries, kirsch, pepper, spice, and earthy nuances make the blast of chewy cherry griotte in the finish stand out and linger. This is stunning to drink now and can provide at least 25-35 more years of drinking if well stored! Drink from 2023-55.

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