Paul Jaboulet Aine Hermitage La Chapelle

Opened at dinner served along 2005 Latour, 2019 Clos de Tart and Laflaive Meursalt 1er cru. More than held its own with the youngsters with much more mature complexity black berry, mushroom, leather, tobacco notes mix with a bit of sous bois. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Sounds like there is a great deal of bottle variation from other reviews. Guess I got lucky…

1998 vintage

Second bottle. Almost dead. First bottle was decent, but did not made me have good expectations from the second bottle.

1998 vintage

way past its prime; drinkable but not worth it

1998 vintage

My expectations were suitably reined in, but I was pleasantly surprised by how good this was. This had rich, red, berry fruit, with plenty of tertiary evolution with meaty, gamey notes, combined with leather, piped tobacco box and other delights. While significantly evolved, in no sense was it on the downslope – it was just as good on day two. This bottle was singing, and had a decent finish. It also had Hermitage gravitas, and evoked memories of other more …

1998 vintage

Brought to RF wine dinner in NYC, along with a 2001 Clos Des Papes, which we drank side by side. Dark in color, some bricking noticeable in glass. Nose of spice, leather and perhaps olives. Medium body, decent amount of dark fruit and sour cherries. Tertiary notes include leather, forest floor and a definite rusticity. This is slightly past its prime but much better than I expected personally, and I found it quite enjoyable. Some preferred the Clos des Papes, …

1998 vintage

Outstanding wine. Purity of fruit.

1998 vintage

Fabulous wine with great length. Dark fruit, mild tannins. Just amazing.

1998 vintage

Tasted blind next to the 1995 (which wasn’t a lot better). Notes of earth, red fruit, lots of acidity on the palate but lacking the stuffing to balance it out.

1998 vintage

Structured. Soft and well integrated. Felt a bit pruny at the opening but really excellent t after an hour. Drink. No need to wait.

1998 vintage

Northern Rhone with bottle age (The Laundry, Brixton) : The best that can be said is that I went into this eyes wide open, knowing that this was a sub-par vintage immediately after the passing of the great Gerard Jaboulet, and so it proved to be. Not that it is a bad wine, it is just rather boring and has a rustic tinge that time seems not to have mellowed. Cork in tip-top condition, pours a dark red and the …

1998 vintage

Past its prime. Not dead but mostly so.

1998 vintage

Cellared since release. Perfect cork. Decanted for two hours and consumed over the next couple of hours. Lovely spice box nose, soft and velvety in the mouth with tongue coating jamminess, sour cherries and some heat on the finish. Enjoyable. Better than prior bottles but still felt it withheld more than it was yielding tonight, with no rush to drink up based on tonight’s performance.

1998 vintage

This has many more years to go in my opinion, it was excellent. I did not decant, I opened the bottle and drank it over 3 hours.

1998 vintage

Vinklubben 1983's yearly X-mas dinner (hos Asger) : DnP Brick red, yellow edge, 5.5 Generous complex bouquet, spicy, ripe dark and red fruits, Harmonious, mT, h-A, m+B, dry, same impression on the palate, elegant and long finish Drink now-onwards

1998 vintage

Tasted blind next to the 1099. Both felt much older than they are. Brick red with translucent edge. Nose is sweet with candied red fruit, notes of vanilla. I once again thought it was Spain. No grip and no structure. Lovely to drink but more like an old Rioja.

1998 vintage

very complex, long, earthy, mushroom, leather, dark fruit, pepper, jammy tannins are precise and pleasant It has passed its apogée but still very good

1998 vintage

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1998 vintage

This is still drinking very well and tastes much younger than it would seem by the age. Certainly yes, comparatively it may seem like a lesser vintage at Jaboulet but unless you are doing direct comparisons or verticals it is still very much an enjoyable wine in and of itself. Still vibrant fruit and nice acidity that stayed strong through the 2-3 hours it was drank. Needed some air but was clean and no Brett.

1998 vintage

A year or 2 past prime, but still drinking well with enough fruit to please

1998 vintage

Out of 7 bottles 2 have been very good, 3 have been ok to good and 2 have been for the sink. Last bottle was amazing, so silky with perfect maturity. Strawberries, mint and earth. Based on the case I'm drinking from these should not be held any longer. Drink up!

1998 vintage

Tasted blind, a disappointing bottle. In its defense t was a last minute pop and pour but didn’t improve in the glass even after an hour. Did not take me to Hermitage at all, those it was Piemonte. Lacking oomph.

1998 vintage

Much better than my last bottle. Plenty of fruit, a little smoke, leather, savory and smooth as anything. Short decant - only an hour or so.

1998 vintage

From 75cl, a bottle of impeccable provenance, perfect cork, decanted 45 minutes, improved until final drop. A flat-out-fabulous bottle in perfect, peak maturity (unexpected, given recent CT TNs and my own mixed experiences of the 1997). Earthy, dark, sous-bois, balsamic scent. Medium-bodied, finely muscular entry. Vibrant, scintillating, electric texture from nose to tail. Bright plum acidity and a cornunucopia of dark fruit on the mid-palate; fine, residually tannic backbone. Minutes-long, throbbing, finish. My wine of the year so far (let's …

1998 vintage

Four bottles over two years, all from great storage. The two most recent bottles have been very different from each other where the one before this was super elegant, fully mature, silky and extremly well balanced (94p). This however was dissapointment: Thight, tannic and quite bland. Over the four bottles only the first two was similar in development. To be continued..

1998 vintage

Tasted blind. It gave a lot of vanillla at first, and this combined with the acidity sent me to Spain. Lovely red fruit here, with floral overtones, very fine but persistent tannins. Only after 30 minutes in the glass did it exhibit some white pepper. Really good.

1998 vintage

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