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Paul Jaboulet Aine La Chapelle Hermitage 2018

  • Joe Czerwinski
    100 Points
  • Jeb Dunnuck
    99 Points
  • James Suckling
    96 Points
  • Vinous
    96 Points
Paul Jaboulet Aine La Chapelle Hermitage 2018
  • Joe Czerwinski
    100 Points
  • Jeb Dunnuck
    99 Points
  • James Suckling
    96 Points
  • Vinous
    96 Points
Paul Jaboulet Aine La Chapelle Hermitage 2018
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Paul Jaboulet Aine La Chapelle Hermitage 2018

SKU: PJLC201810 UCAU
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This is a wine of exceptional rarity, produced from carefully selected old-vine Syrah on the hallowed slopes of Hermitage Hill. Limited in production and fiercely sought after, its most iconic vintages are treasures of the wine world.

100pts, Joe Czerwinski!

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Paul Jaboulet Aine La Chapelle Hermitage 2018 is a distinguished expression of old-world winemaking, sourced from select old-vine Syrah grapes cultivated on the revered slopes of Hermitage Hill in the Northern Rhône Valley. This exceptional wine captures the essence of a legendary terroir known for producing some of the world’s most powerful and age-worthy Syrah wines.

The 2018 vintage stands out for its remarkable balance of ripe fruit concentration and vibrant acidity, reflecting ideal growing conditions that year. These elements combine to create a wine of profound depth, elegance, and complexity. La Chapelle envelops the senses with a compelling bouquet of dark blackberry, smoked meat, black pepper, and delicate floral undertones.

On the palate, it reveals layers of rich fruit and savory spices, supported by refined, silky tannins that unfold gracefully, promising exceptional aging potential. The wine’s robust structure and intricate flavor profile make it a coveted treasure among collectors and enthusiasts worldwide.

This wine’s rarity is underscored by its limited production and exclusive availability from a premium private cellar, ensuring both authenticity and superior quality. Its prestige is further affirmed by a perfect 100-point rating from renowned critic Joe Czerwinski, cementing its place among the finest Hermitage wines ever produced.

Experience the heritage and craftsmanship of the Northern Rhône with Paul Jaboulet Aine La Chapelle Hermitage 2018. This wine is a true masterpiece that skilfully blends power, finesse, and timeless character.

  • Produced from carefully selected old-vine Syrah on the hallowed slopes of Hermitage Hill, Northern Rhône
  • Limited production and fiercely sought after, making it one of the most iconic Rhône vintages
  • Awarded a perfect 100 points by critic Joe Czerwinski
  • Sourced exclusively from a premium private cellar to guarantee authenticity

Critic Scores

Jaboulet's 2018 Hermitage La Chapelle features scents of crushed stone, violets and cassis. It's a classic trio, backed by a wine that's full-bodied, rich and powerful yet also airy, somehow carrying intense plum and black olive flavors without any sense of heaviness or excess weight. Then the wine finishes long and softly dusty, with tannins that accentuate its savory character, picking up delicious hints of licorice at the very end. The proportion of new oak has been trimmed back to a very reasonable 20% and is hardly noticeable in the wine. 2023-2045

A deep, powerful, primordial wine (which is exactly what you’d expect for a great vintage of this cuvée), the inky hued 2018 Hermitage La Chapelle offers tons of crème de cassis as well as a liquid rock-like minerality, peppery herbs, burning embers, and graphite aromas and flavors. The palate mirrors the intensity of the bouquet and is full-bodied, concentrated, and tight, yet still packs a huge amount of baby fat. The 2018 is a beautifully pure, balanced, massively endowed La Chapelle that will need a decade of cellaring and keep for 3-4 decades with no problems.

Seems a little shy at the moment, but you can tell that this has serious poise and pedigree with subtle clove, crushed-brick, iron, black-cherry and plum-skin character. It’s full-bodied, yet very tight and reserved with super refined tannins that are so fine-textured, yet intense.

Opaque ruby. Displays powerful, highly perfumed aromas of black/blue fruit preserves, licorice, cola, baking spices and potpourri, along with an exotic suggestion of incense. Utterly stains the palate with intense blackberry, cherry, cassis, floral pastille and spicecake flavors that deliver a suave blend of weight and energy. Youthfully solid tannins add shape and grip to an extremely long, mineral- and floral-accented finish that shows outstanding clarity and dark fruit thrust. (

About this Wine

Syrah

A bold red grape producing full-bodied wines with dark fruit, pepper, and spice notes, known as Shiraz in Australia.

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