Paul Jaboulet Aine Wine at Flickinger Wines

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Rhone Red

Paul Jaboulet Aine

2018

Crozes Hermitage Dom. de Thalabert

ex-Domaine

$29.99

JD 94 (11/2020): The 2019 Crozes-Hermitage Domaine De Thalabert showed well, with a floral, pepper, and sappy herb style as well as plenty of darker cherry and currant fruit. With medium to full body, a vibrant, elegant texture, present tannins, and good acidity, this is a classic, balanced Thalabert to hide for 2-4 years and enjoy over the following decade or more.

2018

Crozes Hermitage Dom. de Thalabert (1.5 L)

ex-Domaine

$66

2016

Crozes Hermitage Thalabert ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. Subject to tariffs upon arrival in USA (6x750ML)

$240.99

JD 94 (12/2018): The 2016 Crozes Hermitage Domaine De Thalabert offers a rocking (and classic) bouquet of ripe black fruits intermixed with notions of new saddle leather, pepper, garrigue, and hints of bacon fat. This ripe, medium to full-bodied, silky wine has remarkable purity, is already complex, and finishes with serious length. Drink it over the coming 10-15 years.

2017

Crozes Hermitage Thalabert ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. Subject to tariffs upon arrival in USA (6x750ML)

$229.99

2013

Hermitage La Chapelle

$190

JD 95 (3/2019): I think a small step up in quality over the 2014, the 2013 La Chapelle is nevertheless made in a very different style, showing a more firm, focused style. Giving up beautiful purity in its black raspberry, blackcurrants, crushed rocks, ground pepper, and spice-driven aromatics, this beauty hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, integrated acidity, and building tannins that nevertheless stay integrated and polished. Give bottles another few years and drink it over the following 25 years or more.

2017

Hermitage La Chapelle (1.5 L)

$395

WA 97-99 (10/2018): In need of serious air to open up, the 2017 Hermitage La Chapelle became more and more impressive the longer I kept it in the glass. At first it seemed a bit simple, if admirably plummy and rich, but by the time ten minutes had elapsed, it was showing off elegant notes of crushed stone, pencil shavings and cassis, while remaining full-bodied, rich and concentrated. It's velvety and long on the finish, but something left me wanting a bit more. It's surely a great La Chapelle, but will it reach that elusive triple-digit score?

JD 95-97 (12/2018): The inky colored 2017 Hermitage La Chapelle comes all from the Le Méal (50%), Les Bessards (25%), and Rocoules (25%) and was brought up in 15% new oak, with the balance in once-used, twice-used, and older barrels and demi-muids, A magical wine in the making, with some resemblance to the 2009, its deep purple color is followed by a ripe, layered, incredibly sexy wine loaded with notions of blackberries, black raspberries, crushed rocks, spice, and new saddle leather. Fresh, vibrant, and layered, with a flamboyant style that's already almost impossible to resist, it's a gorgeous wine that will keep for 3+ decades.

VM 95-97 (7/2019): Brilliant magenta. A highly complex bouquet evokes ripe dark berries, cherry liqueur, incense and potpourri, while olive and exotic spice nuances build in the glass. Displays intense, alluringly sweet black/blue fruit, spicecake and violet pastille flavors that show sharp delineation and are braced by a spine of juicy acidity. Closes extremely long and precise, displaying a smoky, intensifying mineral quality and youthfully gripping tannins that build steadily. Josh Raynolds.

2018

Hermitage La Chapelle

ex-Domaine

$188.95

JD 98+ (11/2020): As I wrote last year from barrel, the 2018 Hermitage La Chapelle is a backward, primordial Hermitage built for the ages. Incredible crème de cassis, blueberries, scorched earth, burning embers, and liquid violet-like aromas and flavors dominate the bouquet, and this beauty is full-bodied, concentrated, and powerful on the palate. With just hints of the smoky, meaty, beefy character that emerges from all aged examples of this cuvée, it has incredible tannins, perfect balance, and a monster of a finish. Don't think about touching bottles for at least 7-8 years, and it's going to keep for 50 years or more. Today, this cuvée comes more from the Bessards lieu-dit than older vintages - which were more Le Méal driven - and is a much more mineral-driven, structured wine.

2017

Hermitage La Maison Bleue (1.5 L)

$127

WA 94-96 (10/2018): Full-bodied, creamy and supple, the 2017 Hermitage La Maison Bleue looks to be a thrilling Hermitage to drink over the next 10-15 years. It's loaded with mixed blueberries and raspberries, adds subtle notes of mocha and baking spices and picks up a savory hint of black olives on the long, silky finish. Don't make the mistake of thinking only the La Chapelle is worth drinking, this should be a real beauty when it's released next year.

VM 93-94 (7/2019): Opaque ruby. Vibrant, sharply focused black/blue fruit aromas are complicated by exotic spice, olive and mineral flourishes. Juicy and precise on the palate, showing energetic lift and thrust to its sweet blueberry, black raspberry, violet pastille and spicecake flavors, which deepen steadily on the back half. Picks up a smoky quality with air and finishes spicy and impressively long. Discreet tannins add shape and gentle grip. Josh Raynolds.

JD 91-94 (12/2018): There’re roughly 2,000 cases of the 2017 Hermitage La Maison Bleue which, despite coming from more limestone soils on the eastern side of the appellation, has beautiful minerality in its black raspberries, blackberries, roasted herbs, licorice, Asian spices, and iron/bloody aromas and flavors. This forward, fleshy and undeniably sexy Hermitage has plenty of density, ripe tannins, and outstanding length. It’s more approachable than the La Chapelle yet is still going to have 2-3 decades of longevity.

2013

Hermitage La Petite Chapelle ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. Subject to tariffs upon arrival in USA (6x750ML)

$416.99

Rhone White

Paul Jaboulet Aine

2014

Hermitage La Chapelle Blanc ETA 90-120 Days; No cancellations or returns. Subject to tariffs upon arrival in USA (6x750ML)

$1,129.99

WA 94 (12/2016): The 2014 Hermitage La Chapelle Blanc offers a liquid rock-like character as well as sensational notes of buttered citrus, flower oil, white flowers and stone fruits. Backward, tight and compact on the palate, it needs 2-3 years of cellaring and will drink well over the following decade. I love the elegance and purity in these 2014 whites. They don’t have the exuberant fruit and texture of the 2015s, yet they excel on their purity, elegance and charm.