Paul Jaboulet Aîné - Hermitage La Chapelle - 2018

Paul Jaboulet Aîné

Hermitage La Chapelle 2018

- 96 points -

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.

Josh Raynolds, April 2020