Paul Jaboulet Aine • Hermitage, France
Hermitage La Chapelle by Paul Jaboulet Aîné is one of the Rhône Valley’s benchmark Syrah-based reds, a legendary Hermita…Hermitage La Chapelle by Paul Jaboulet Aîné is one of the Rhône Valley’s benchmark Syrah-based reds, a legendary Hermitage blending old-vine parcels primarily from the granite of Les Bessards and the limestone of Le Méal on the Hermitage hi…Learn More »
$275
/750ml
2013 Retail Average
95
/100
2013 Pro Rating
Intensity comes here in the form of smoked blackberries, dark plum and cracked pepper wrapped around a cool, graphite-like core in Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle 2013. The wine feels chiselled and refined rather than massive, with bright acidity, polished tannins and a lingering finish that mingles spice, cocoa and stony depth, showing the class of a top northern Rhône Syrah in a cooler, challenging vintage.
Herb-crusted roast lamb; Côte de boeuf with charred vegetables; Braised venison stew
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Hermitage La Chapelle by Paul Jaboulet Aîné is one of the Rhône Valley’s benchmark Syrah-based reds, a legendary Hermitage blending old-vine parcels primarily from the granite of Les Bessards and the limestone of Le Méal on the Hermitage hill. Named after the tiny chapel that crowns the slope, it is a biodynamically farmed, low-yield wine famed for its depth, smoky-meaty and cassis-driven complexity, firm tannic structure, and extraordinary capacity to age for decades.