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  • Country ranking ?

    426
  • Producer ranking ?

    10
  • Decanting time

    45min
  • When to drink

    now
  • Food Pairing

    Flank Steak and Red Onion

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The Story

In the heart of the Rhône Valley, this small chapel has become one of the world’s great historic buildings
La Chapelle, the jewel of Maison Jaboulet, has a rich and emotive history. 
During the 13th century, a knight called Gaspard de Sterimberg settled in the hills of Tain l’Hermitage with the permission of Blanche de Castille. On his return from the crusades, he sought calm and serenity and isolated himself as a hermit, hence the name of t...

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Wine Information

1945 was an also exceptional year throughout the whole France, from Côte-Rôtie to Rhône. Due to the warm and dry conditions, the grapes were very concentrated and produced an extraordinary, but unfortunately small yield. The harvest in 1945 was an early harvest, which started on the same date as 1982, September 13. The wines began life with massive levels of tannin and took quite a few decades to develop. Due to the high tannin levels, many of...

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Average Bottle Price

2023 2020 2015
19 790€ +19.6% 16 540€ +11.8% 14 800€

This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.

Tasting note

color

Deep, Brick red and Bright

ending

Long, Pure and Flavorful

flavors

Blackberry, Pepper, Smoky, Meaty, Leather and Earthy

nose

Intense, Opulent and Charming

taste

Balanced, Concentrated, Multi-dimensional, Vivid and Powerful

Verdict

Exotic and Impressive

Written Notes

Bottle in excellent condition, with normal size and filled to bottom neck. Looking deep, brick red and bright. Intense, opulent and charming on the nose. The taste is vivid, powerful, balanced, multi-dimensional, well-structured and concentrated. With blackberry, dried-fruit, dusty, earthy, herbs, leather, perfumed, pepper, nutty, meaty, smoky and tropical fruits flavor. Long, flavorful, pure and spicy. Fine, impressive and exotic. Decanted 45min and recommend drinking now. Costs about 5k€ + per bottle.
  • 96p
Dark, brick red, bright colour. Very intense and deep nose with complex aromas – earthiness, very dark chocolate, hints of anise. Gently mouthfilling palate, medium-bodied, smooth silky texture, dried red fruits, plums. Gently intense and delicate aftertaste that remains moderately long. A true meditation wine.
  • 95p
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Information

Origin

Hermitage, Rhône

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

Good

Fake factory

None

Glass time

30min

Drinking temperature

15

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