Paul Jaboulet Aine Hermitage La Chapelle Blanc 2014

Type: White Wine      Volume: 750ml

Winery: Paul Jaboulet Aine

Country: France     Region: Northern Rhone

District: Hermitage

Grapes Varieties: 100% Marsanne

Classification:      Production: 

Alcohol: 14.5% abv     Packing: Original Wooden Case of 6 bottles

Ratings and Tasting Notes:

(AG=95) (made entirely from fruit grown in the Mayson Blanche lieu-dit and aged in used demi-muids for nine months) Light green-hued yellow. Highly perfumed, incisive aromas of white peach, tangerine and honey pick up suggestions of iodine and chamomile as the wine opens up. Shows superb clarity and thrust on the palate, offering sappy citrus and pit fruit flavours that deepen and spread out slowly with air while maintaining energy. Finishes with excellent focus, mineral lift and persistence, leaving behind hints of candied lemon, pear nectar and oyster shell. The combination of depth and finesse here is pretty stunning, and I'll bet that this wine will enjoy a very long, smooth ageing arc.

(WA=94) 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 in their purity, elegance and charm.