2019 Domaine de La Chapelle Hermitage La Chapelle Rouge
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| Type of Wine | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | |
| Appellation | Hermitage |
| Winery | |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Grape | |
| Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (15%) |
| Drink window | 2024 - 2045 |
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La Chapelle Hermitage takes us back to 1224, when the knight Henri-Gaspard de Sterimberg, back from the Crusades, decided to settle as a hermit on a small hill. By building a small chapel and surrounding it with Syrah vines, le Chevalier de Sterimberg began a legendary setting, the Hermitage hill. Since 1919, the Jaboulet family and then the Frey family have succeeded each other in cultivating the vines of this now iconic cuvée. La Chapelle is a blend of the great terroirs of western Hermitage, where the altitude is highest: Les Bessards (granite), Le Méal and Les Roucoules (pebble). The wine is aged for 12 months in French oak barrels (15% new) and cement concrete eggs.
The 2019 Hermitage La Chapelle is sourced from the company’s vineyards on the western half of the Hermitage slope, primarily Le Méal, but with substantial contributions from Les Rocoules and Les Bessards. Classic notes of cassis, black olives, mocha and roasted meats are joined by hints of baking spices in a wine that’s full, deep, dense and rich, with a velvety texture and a lingering finish.
On the nose, the Hermitage La Chapelle Rouge shows off exciting aromas of roasted meat, mocha, crushed stone, plum and cassis. It is full, concentrated, richly tannic and velvety in structure. The finish is long and complex, with hints of ground pepper and salted liquorice. A fantastic glass that has been awarded 98+ points by Parker and 97/100 by Vinous.
The famous Domaine de la Chapelle, which was previously known in combination with the name of Paul Jaboulet. In 2006, the Frey family bought the company. Caroline Frey (Château La Lagune) then took over as head winemaker. Among other things, she ensured a conversion to a fully organic method, which has been translated into a BIO certification since 2016. Major investments are also being made now. Work is being done on a new cellar especially for the wines of Domaine de la Chapelle. For this reason, Domaine de la Chapelle is being separated from the wines of Paul Jaboulet, so that all attention can go to these wines.
Specifications
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Rhone |
| Appellation | Hermitage |
| Icons | Icon France |
| Winery | Paul Jaboulet Aîné |
| Grape | Syrah-Shiraz |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Drinking as of | 2024 |
| Drinking till | 2045 |
| Alcohol % | 15 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 99 |
| James Suckling rating | 95 |
| Vinous rating | 97 |
| Tasting Profiles | Aards, Boers, Complex, Donker fruit, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Mineraal, Tannines, Vol |
| Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Open haard, Romantisch |
Professional Reviews
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 98+
Reviewed by:
Joe Czerwinski
Release Price:
NA
Drink Date:
2025 - 2045
Last year, I giddily speculated whether the 2019 Hermitage La Chapelle would warrant a 100-point score. While close—and I wouldn't completely discount it reaching that pinnacle in another decade or two—I'm not sure this wine is as good as I thought. It boasts exciting aromas of roasted meat, mocha, crushed stone, plum and cassis on the nose. It's full-bodied, concentrated, richly tannic and velvety in texture. It's long and complex on the finish, adding hints of cracked pepper and salted licorice. And yet, as much as I enjoyed tasting it and as undeniably great it is, angels didn't sing from the heavens. Maybe next bottle.
When I spoke with her via Zoom in mid-December, Caroline Frey was candid in discussing her COVID-19 experience. "I was thinking, ‘I'm young. I do a lot of sports,’” she said, assuming that even if she caught it, she wouldn't be hugely affected. But when she contracted the virus, she lost her sense of smell, and she said it was just starting to come back as we tasted through the 2018s and 2019s from Paul Jaboulet Aîné. According to Frey, in 2018, the vineyards received plenty of rain from March through June, followed by dry, windy conditions, which kept the vines healthy. Harvest began on August 27th and extended through September 25th. "There's something powerful and pure in 2018," she said. "It's a mix of ’15 (power) and ’16 (purity)." Referencing the 2018 Domaine de Thalabert, Frey said, "We have the power and density but not like ’03. The wine is still bringing freshness and balance." The 2019 season was characterized by a cool spring and a slow start to the growing season, but that was followed by intense heat, including 10 days of temperatures that exceeded 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). A major hailstorm struck Crozes-Hermitage in mid-June, leading to extensive crop losses (up to 60%, according to Frey), followed by another, smaller hail event in July that affected parts of Hermitage and Saint-Joseph. Despite those storms, parts of the vineyards still experienced hydric stress, so picking didn't begin until September 11 and concluded on September 27. "We had smaller berries and thicker skins than in 2018," she said. "We did a very soft extraction—more like an infusion. When we have these levels of richness, we imagine the finish may be unbalanced, but that's not the case. We have length and freshness." Both of these vintages are hugely successful at Jaboulet, no doubt because of the team's ability to deal with the hot, dry conditions. As Frey said, "The biggest challenge is to have the ripeness from the vines and not just the sun." All of the wines—including the substantial volumes of the Côtes du Rhône Parallele 45—have now been certified organic (produced from organically grown grapes as defined by U.S. terms, as sulfur is added), with the estate wines being grown biodynamically since 2015. Because they are made in the same facility as some non-biodynamically grown wines, they're not certified for the time being.
Between my hectic schedule of visits and Caroline Frey's racing around to direct harvesting in Switzerland, Burgundy, the Rhône and Bordeaux, we were unable to connect in person this year. She deputized Robin Jullian, a former cellar hand turned export manager, to taste through the wines with me. The style of the white wines has changed somewhat, although Jullian pointed out that they're actually more like they would have been in the distant past. Picking dates appear to have been moved forward, and the wines are seeing much less oak than in recent history. The 2020 Hermitage Le Chevalier de Sterimberg, for example, is completely unoaked, aged exclusively in concrete. I confess I had some difficulties grappling with this, writing in my notes at one point, "Nothing resembling Hermitage as we understand it." The reds were more consistent with my expectations, with the 2019s looking particularly strong and cellar-worthy here, and the 2020s (from barrel) being softer and more elegant.
Published: Jan 20, 2022
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James Suckling
PAUL JABOULET AÎNÉ HERMITAGE LA CHAPELLE 2019
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
CountryFrance
RegionRhone Valley
Vintage2019
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Score
95
A big, rich wine with intense fruit, showing blackberry, black olive and black truffle character. Full-bodied and layered with chewy tannins that are soft and juicy. It’s a little warm on the finish. Yet, the decadence is so attractive and the phenolics keep it in line. This is very solid. Try after 2024.
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Vinous
97
Drinking Window
2032 - 2042
From: Never a Dull Vintage in the Northern Rhône (Dec 2022)
Dark, vivid purple. Highly perfumed, mineral- and spice-accented aromas of blackberry, cherry preserves, incense, olive and pungent flowers show superb clarity. Sappy and penetrating on the palate, offering deeply concentrated and sharply defined black and blue fruit preserve, candied violet, bitter chocolate and fruitcake flavors that become livelier as the wine opens up. Finishes wonderfully long with an emphatic, mineral cut, a repeating floral note and youthfully gripping tannins.
- By Josh Raynolds on December 2022
Paul Jaboulet Aîné, a historically significant house/domaine and one of the oldest in the Rhône Valley, continues to issue high-quality wines, as their 2019s and 2020s clearly attest. Under the watchful owner Caroline Frey, the wines have become much more consistent than before her family purchased the company in 2006. There are a fair number of remarkable wines from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, but back then, quality was erratic. For every amazing, even legendary wine, from, say, 1961, 1978, 1985, 1989, 1990 and 1991, a far greater number of bottlings missed the mark, sometimes widely. That’s certainly not the case today.
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La Chapelle Hermitage takes us back to the year 1224, when knight Henri-Gaspard de Sterimberg, back from the Crusades, decides to settle as a hermit on a small hill. By building a small chapel and surrounding it with Syrah vines, le Chevalier de Sterimberg started a legendary backdrop, the Hermitage Hill. Since 1919, the Jaboulet family and then the Frey family have succeeded each other in cultivating the vines of their iconic wines. Founded in 1834 by the eldest (Aîné) son of winegrower Antoine Jaboulet, it developed into a monument of viticulture in the Rhone region. After the Swiss Frey family, in the person of Jean-Jacques Frey, took over in 2006, it received a new impulse, thanks to investments in vineyards, housing and winemaking facilities.
The Frey family has been involved in winemaking for generations. In addition to being the owner of one of the most beautiful vineyards in the Champagne region and shareholder of the prestigious Maison Billecart-Salmon champagne house, the family also owns Château La Lagune in Haut-Médoc. Caroline Frey, the eldest daughter of Jean-Jacques, made her first wine from Château La Lagune in 2004. Today she is ultimately responsible for the wines of Château La Lagune and, together with Frederic Jaboulet, for the wines of Paul Jaboulet Aîné.
La Chapelle Hermitage takes us back to 1224, when the knight Henri-Gaspard de Sterimberg, back from the Crusades, decided to settle as a hermit on a small hill. By building a small chapel and surrounding it with Syrah vines, le Chevalier de Sterimberg began a legendary setting, the Hermitage hill. Since 1919, the Jaboulet family and then the Frey family have succeeded each other in cultivating the vines of this now iconic cuvée. La Chapelle is a blend of the great terroirs of western Hermitage, where the altitude is highest: Les Bessards (granite), Le Méal and Les Roucoules (pebble). The wine is aged for 12 months in French oak barrels (15% new) and cement concrete eggs.
The 2019 Hermitage La Chapelle is sourced from the company’s vineyards on the western half of the Hermitage slope, primarily Le Méal, but with substantial contributions from Les Rocoules and Les Bessards. Classic notes of cassis, black olives, mocha and roasted meats are joined by hints of baking spices in a wine that’s full, deep, dense and rich, with a velvety texture and a lingering finish.
On the nose, the Hermitage La Chapelle Rouge shows off exciting aromas of roasted meat, mocha, crushed stone, plum and cassis. It is full, concentrated, richly tannic and velvety in structure. The finish is long and complex, with hints of ground pepper and salted liquorice. A fantastic glass that has been awarded 98+ points by Parker and 97/100 by Vinous.
The famous Domaine de la Chapelle, which was previously known in combination with the name of Paul Jaboulet. In 2006, the Frey family bought the company. Caroline Frey (Château La Lagune) then took over as head winemaker. Among other things, she ensured a conversion to a fully organic method, which has been translated into a BIO certification since 2016. Major investments are also being made now. Work is being done on a new cellar especially for the wines of Domaine de la Chapelle. For this reason, Domaine de la Chapelle is being separated from the wines of Paul Jaboulet, so that all attention can go to these wines.
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Rhone |
| Appellation | Hermitage |
| Icons | Icon France |
| Winery | Paul Jaboulet Aîné |
| Grape | Syrah-Shiraz |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Drinking as of | 2024 |
| Drinking till | 2045 |
| Alcohol % | 15 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 99 |
| James Suckling rating | 95 |
| Vinous rating | 97 |
| Tasting Profiles | Aards, Boers, Complex, Donker fruit, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Mineraal, Tannines, Vol |
| Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Open haard, Romantisch |
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 98+
Reviewed by:
Joe Czerwinski
Release Price:
NA
Drink Date:
2025 - 2045
Last year, I giddily speculated whether the 2019 Hermitage La Chapelle would warrant a 100-point score. While close—and I wouldn't completely discount it reaching that pinnacle in another decade or two—I'm not sure this wine is as good as I thought. It boasts exciting aromas of roasted meat, mocha, crushed stone, plum and cassis on the nose. It's full-bodied, concentrated, richly tannic and velvety in texture. It's long and complex on the finish, adding hints of cracked pepper and salted licorice. And yet, as much as I enjoyed tasting it and as undeniably great it is, angels didn't sing from the heavens. Maybe next bottle.
When I spoke with her via Zoom in mid-December, Caroline Frey was candid in discussing her COVID-19 experience. "I was thinking, ‘I'm young. I do a lot of sports,’” she said, assuming that even if she caught it, she wouldn't be hugely affected. But when she contracted the virus, she lost her sense of smell, and she said it was just starting to come back as we tasted through the 2018s and 2019s from Paul Jaboulet Aîné. According to Frey, in 2018, the vineyards received plenty of rain from March through June, followed by dry, windy conditions, which kept the vines healthy. Harvest began on August 27th and extended through September 25th. "There's something powerful and pure in 2018," she said. "It's a mix of ’15 (power) and ’16 (purity)." Referencing the 2018 Domaine de Thalabert, Frey said, "We have the power and density but not like ’03. The wine is still bringing freshness and balance." The 2019 season was characterized by a cool spring and a slow start to the growing season, but that was followed by intense heat, including 10 days of temperatures that exceeded 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). A major hailstorm struck Crozes-Hermitage in mid-June, leading to extensive crop losses (up to 60%, according to Frey), followed by another, smaller hail event in July that affected parts of Hermitage and Saint-Joseph. Despite those storms, parts of the vineyards still experienced hydric stress, so picking didn't begin until September 11 and concluded on September 27. "We had smaller berries and thicker skins than in 2018," she said. "We did a very soft extraction—more like an infusion. When we have these levels of richness, we imagine the finish may be unbalanced, but that's not the case. We have length and freshness." Both of these vintages are hugely successful at Jaboulet, no doubt because of the team's ability to deal with the hot, dry conditions. As Frey said, "The biggest challenge is to have the ripeness from the vines and not just the sun." All of the wines—including the substantial volumes of the Côtes du Rhône Parallele 45—have now been certified organic (produced from organically grown grapes as defined by U.S. terms, as sulfur is added), with the estate wines being grown biodynamically since 2015. Because they are made in the same facility as some non-biodynamically grown wines, they're not certified for the time being.
Between my hectic schedule of visits and Caroline Frey's racing around to direct harvesting in Switzerland, Burgundy, the Rhône and Bordeaux, we were unable to connect in person this year. She deputized Robin Jullian, a former cellar hand turned export manager, to taste through the wines with me. The style of the white wines has changed somewhat, although Jullian pointed out that they're actually more like they would have been in the distant past. Picking dates appear to have been moved forward, and the wines are seeing much less oak than in recent history. The 2020 Hermitage Le Chevalier de Sterimberg, for example, is completely unoaked, aged exclusively in concrete. I confess I had some difficulties grappling with this, writing in my notes at one point, "Nothing resembling Hermitage as we understand it." The reds were more consistent with my expectations, with the 2019s looking particularly strong and cellar-worthy here, and the 2020s (from barrel) being softer and more elegant.
Published: Jan 20, 2022
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
James Suckling
PAUL JABOULET AÎNÉ HERMITAGE LA CHAPELLE 2019
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
CountryFrance
RegionRhone Valley
Vintage2019
CHECK PRICE
DOWNLOAD SHELFTALKER
Score
95
A big, rich wine with intense fruit, showing blackberry, black olive and black truffle character. Full-bodied and layered with chewy tannins that are soft and juicy. It’s a little warm on the finish. Yet, the decadence is so attractive and the phenolics keep it in line. This is very solid. Try after 2024.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
Vinous
97
Drinking Window
2032 - 2042
From: Never a Dull Vintage in the Northern Rhône (Dec 2022)
Dark, vivid purple. Highly perfumed, mineral- and spice-accented aromas of blackberry, cherry preserves, incense, olive and pungent flowers show superb clarity. Sappy and penetrating on the palate, offering deeply concentrated and sharply defined black and blue fruit preserve, candied violet, bitter chocolate and fruitcake flavors that become livelier as the wine opens up. Finishes wonderfully long with an emphatic, mineral cut, a repeating floral note and youthfully gripping tannins.
- By Josh Raynolds on December 2022
Paul Jaboulet Aîné, a historically significant house/domaine and one of the oldest in the Rhône Valley, continues to issue high-quality wines, as their 2019s and 2020s clearly attest. Under the watchful owner Caroline Frey, the wines have become much more consistent than before her family purchased the company in 2006. There are a fair number of remarkable wines from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, but back then, quality was erratic. For every amazing, even legendary wine, from, say, 1961, 1978, 1985, 1989, 1990 and 1991, a far greater number of bottlings missed the mark, sometimes widely. That’s certainly not the case today.
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La Chapelle Hermitage takes us back to the year 1224, when knight Henri-Gaspard de Sterimberg, back from the Crusades, decides to settle as a hermit on a small hill. By building a small chapel and surrounding it with Syrah vines, le Chevalier de Sterimberg started a legendary backdrop, the Hermitage Hill. Since 1919, the Jaboulet family and then the Frey family have succeeded each other in cultivating the vines of their iconic wines. Founded in 1834 by the eldest (Aîné) son of winegrower Antoine Jaboulet, it developed into a monument of viticulture in the Rhone region. After the Swiss Frey family, in the person of Jean-Jacques Frey, took over in 2006, it received a new impulse, thanks to investments in vineyards, housing and winemaking facilities.
The Frey family has been involved in winemaking for generations. In addition to being the owner of one of the most beautiful vineyards in the Champagne region and shareholder of the prestigious Maison Billecart-Salmon champagne house, the family also owns Château La Lagune in Haut-Médoc. Caroline Frey, the eldest daughter of Jean-Jacques, made her first wine from Château La Lagune in 2004. Today she is ultimately responsible for the wines of Château La Lagune and, together with Frederic Jaboulet, for the wines of Paul Jaboulet Aîné.