PAUL JABOULET AINE La Chapelle 1988
PAUL JABOULET AINE La Chapelle 1988
PAUL JABOULET AINE La Chapelle 1988
PAUL JABOULET AINE La Chapelle 1988
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PAUL JABOULET AINE La Chapelle 1988
PAUL JABOULET AINE La Chapelle 1988
PAUL JABOULET AINE La Chapelle 1988
PAUL JABOULET AINE La Chapelle 1988
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1988

PAUL JABOULET AINE La Chapelle 1988

Wine 1988 Rhône Hermitage Rouge

Optimal drinking window: 2000 - 2035

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90-94 / 100 Rated by 6 experts

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95 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider July - 2019
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
At peak maturity, the wine has good concentration, ripe, stony, red fruits, pepper, smoke and herbs. There is a nice bite and freshness to the juicy fruits with plenty of peppery berries on the nose and palate. This is drinking in the right place today.
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94 / 100
Wine Spectator December - 1999
Wine Spectator
The hot summer with some rain in '88 made thick, full-bodied reds. This is no exception. Still young and closed, with tough and chewy tannins, with the terroir expressing a mineral, lead pencil and iron-tasting quality. Layered with Hermitage character. Connoisseurs will appreciate it now; others might cellar.
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94 / 100
Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux July - 2025
Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux
Mature La Chapelle has a wonderful floral caress, and even in a vintage that was warm but rainy, it continues to deliver as it slides towards 40 years old. Holding its colour, a soft but still vibrant ruby with pale russet edging. Sink into layers of white truffle, black tea, wild strawberry, cranberry, broth and saffron. Tertiary for sure, fully in its drinking window, melted tannins, fragrant and balanced with fresh acidities, a delicious wine, finely wound with clarity of expression.
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93 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate November - 2008
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
Now, I really have a soft spot for this La Chapelle and it is drinking perfectly now. A very seductive nose instantly has you hooked with blackberry leaf, undergrowth, thyme, dried fruits and a touch of boot polish. Great definition and very natural. The palate just has a beautiful balance with vibrant, natural acidity and slightly grainy tannins. The finish is so refined with hints of white pepper and briary. Very good length – this is just a lovely Hermitage that dances beautifully on the palate.
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91 / 100
Tom Cannavan January - 1999
Tom Cannavan
Even crimson colour with orange at rim. Really pungently aromatic on the nose. Grilled meats and smoke, but vivid raspberry fruit too. This is a very full and concentrated wine with lots of red fruit flavours and a cherryish acidity and firmness to the fruit. Long and still tannic, with lots of spicy flavours in the finish.
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17,5/20
Jancis Robinson June - 2024
Jancis Robinson
Deep garnet with brick rim. Very rich on the nose. Rich in fruit but meaty, too. Fragrant with undergrowth. Juicy, fresh and so full of life for a wine of this age. Bright and still big and chewy. Lots of pleasure in such a mature wine.
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Vintage Wine  1988
Region Rhône
Appellation Hermitage Rouge
Colour Red
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Alcohol content 13.00% vol
Château Paul Jaboulet Aine
Paul Jaboulet Aine
Paul Jaboulet Aine

For almost two centuries, Paul Jaboulet Aîné has been offering consumers the product of ancestral expertise with excellence at the heart of its strategy. To perpetuate these values, the company strengthens this heritage both in the vineyard through new acquisitions and in the quality of wines while respecting the environment. The diversity of the "lieu-dit" terroirs gives the wine a particular identity through the blending of different plots. Its La Chapelle cuvée, based on the hills of Hermitage, reigns over the Rhône Valley. In the 13th century, returning from the crusades, it welcomed the Chevalier de Stérimberg. Later it would become the family's flagship wine, Hermitage La Chapelle, offering tasters great sensations. The 1961 vintage was ranked among the Twelve legendary bottles of the 20th century, with some bottles and magnums still sleeping at Jaboulet and in cellars around the world. The name Hermitage "La Chapelle" is linked to the small Saint-Christophe chapel overlooking the terraced vineyard dominating the Rhône. These Syrahs are planted on rich and varied soils with a great diversity of terroirs (les Bessards, les Greffieux, le Méal and les Rocoules). It is from the richness of these different terroirs that the complexity of Hermitage La Chapelle is born.

The finest vintages of Hermitage La Chapelle: 1997, 1996, 1995, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1985, 1982, 1979, 1978, 1971, 1970, 1966, 1964, 1962, 1961, 1959, 1949.

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