La Chapelle Hermitage Syrah

Really lovely earthy and spicy wine. A keeper.

Solid bottle. Dark fruit. Decanted for 2 hours.

Drank this after watching Somm2 and learning about Hermitage region. Delicious! This is the wine that got me excited about learning more about wine

Nice combo of deep ruby and commination of both lavender, chocolate with a rich earth thingy. Nicer

I’m a huge Paul Jaboulet fan & grabbed this @ £125 - great wine but overpriced 😉 I love the 2011 at the moment but this is delish to with loads of life left 😎

📍 Paul Jaboulet Aine La Chapelle Hermitage 2005

🏵 93-94 points

🍇 Syrah

🍷 Deep blackened ruby

👃 Peppered cherry mud pie, raspberry bakewell tart & cocoa sprinkles w/ a light earthy dry cured herbed meat herby smokey oak backbone & black berry fruits then a coffee kick

👄 Med bodied creamy smooth dark cherry & raspberry chocolate pie w/ a rich blackberry jam undertone, black olive & light dry minerals

🎯 Med+ touch dry dark cherry & raspberry chocy licky lips w/ a dark fruit berry, olive tapenade & mineral linger

Grabbed @ £125 in Selfridges for Mrs Es birthday hotel room night slouch cap 😁 even bough a decanter to decant 🤣 great but will show better w/ age 😉

🍷 Opaque ruby

👃 Peppered cherry pie, a treacle raspberry bakewell tart tone & cocoa sprinkles w/ a light earthy dry cured meat herby smokey oak backbone & black berry fruits

👄 Med+ bodied dark cherry & raspberry chocolate pie w/ fine dry tannins & a blackberry undertone

🎯 Med+ touch dry dark cherry & raspberry chocy licky lips w/ a dark fruit linger

Solid 9.5.....great accompaniment to Father's Day dinner

Drank on 19 Aug 2014 in HK @ Bettys Kitschen (IFC)

Find and buy before I do. Bought this in an auction mix lot with one cote rotie mag left sadly.

The 2005 is incredible, best wine I've had this year.

Very good! Clean.