2012 Hermitage, La Chapelle, Paul Jaboulet Aîné, Rhône

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2012 Hermitage, La Chapelle, Paul Jaboulet Aîné, RhôneThe grand vin is the 2012 Hermitage la Chapelle, and it lives up to the billing in 2012. Coming mostly from the Meal and aged in just 20% new French oak, it's a blockbuster that exhibits thrilling, mineral drenched notes of spiced dark fruits, beef blood, black olive and toast. Full bodied, deep, layered and incredibly concentrated, it has a stacked mid palate and enough tannin to warrant another 4 5 years of bottle age. It will have 2 3 decades of

its gentle aromas of cassis

The aromas of this Speyside heavyweight somehow convey the texture of the liquid itself

yellow plum

While it's the Médoc that tends to steal the limelight in this vintage

This displays its trademark silky

and the price is approachable enough to entice Cognac aficionados and novices alike

the Pinot is done as a saignée that infused into the white wine

From its divine

is a brilliant wine and comparatively underestimated today

the red fruit profile here feels very refined and delicate

particularly at night

Candied fruit emerges