La Chapelle Hermitage 2015 (75 CL)

Paul Jaboulet Aine La Chapelle Hermitage 2015

Jeb Dunnuck

The 2015 La Chapelle Hermitage is one of the estate’s finest recent efforts. It’s packed with firm tannins and will need to be lost in the cellar for a decade. but it will reward those with patience. Richly concentrated and full-bodied. it hits all the expected notes—cassis. black olive. smoke. crushed stone. pencil shavings and espresso—then finishes long. with an aristocratic sense of reserve and austerity. Winemaker Jacques Devernois compares it to a woman’s black dress. meaning it speaks of elegance and class. (JD. 12/2017)