Paul Jaboulet Aine Hermitage La Chapelle 1999 75cl

Paul Jaboulet Aine Hermitage La Chapelle

• Paul Jaboulet Aine Hermitage La Chapelle is medium-deep red-ruby in colour
• Roasted, tarry red fruits, animal fur and chocolate on the nose as vibrant and vinous as a barrel sample
• Extremely lush and concentrated, and already highly aromatic in the mouth, with notes of red and black fruits, roasted nuts, spices, chocolate and tobacco
• Beautiful integrated acidity. A superb vintage for this top Hermitage bottling – Stephen Tanzer 93 points

Paul Jaboulet Aine are amongst the Rhone Valley’s most iconic producers. Hermitage La Chapelle being their most famous wine – arguably the most famous of all Hermitage. Named after the small hermit’s Chapel built in 1235 on the Hermitage hill. La Chapelle is equal in complexity and age-worthiness to the Bordeaux First Growths.

Founded in 1834 by Antoine Jaboulet (Paul was one of his sons), it was Paul’s son, Louis, and grandson, Gerard, who can be heralded among the great ambassadors for the both the region and the negociant. However, upon Gerard’s untimely death in 1997, the business began to struggle. Finally, they sold it to the Frey family in 2005, announcing a new era.