Paul Jaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle Offering and Northern Rhone Wine SALE!!

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Where the candlelight was just right, the hi-hi was in the background and the wine was delicious.

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We got a stupid deal on some of the top wines from the Northern Rhone valley but you have to make it through this e-mail to get to the deals (I highlighted them for you with the TITLE Special Price) as we have a lot of wines in stock from the firm of Paul Jaboulet Aine.

The granite hills of Hermitage rise above the Rhone at Tain l'Hermitage where the river bends sharply to the east before resuming a southward flow. This gives the vineyards a direct southern exposure. Vines have been grown here since Roman times, and Pliney wrote favorably about the wines of the region. The locals claim that vines were first planted here by Phocaean Greeks around 500 BC. Although the evidence is not conclusive, Greek coins and amphorae dating back to 500 BC have been found in the area.

The firm of Paul Jaboulet Aine is among the upper echelon of producers from this region since 1834.  The family owned the firm until 2006 when it waspurchased by the Frey family and the wines are still at the top of their game and even better today!

Check out all the new releases and a great selection of older vintage wines from this legendary producer from the Northern Rhone Valley along with all the other wines in the store from these top appellations of the Northern Rhone Valley on SALE!!

All the Paul Jaboulet Aine Wines in the Store on SALE!!

2020 PAUL JABOULET AINE HERMITAGE LA CHAPELLE MAGNUM

Price: $540.00             Your Price: $475.20

(96-98 points) Glass-staining purple. Assertively perfumed cassis, cherry liqueur, fruitcake and floral aromas take on espresso, olive and smoky bacon accents with aeration. Juicy, chewy and energetic on the palate, offering densely packed, alluringly sweet black and blue fruit preserve, floral pastille, licorice and mocha flavors that become deeper and spicier as the wine slowly stretches out. The floral and mineral notes repeat emphatically on a wonderfully long, juicy and mineral-dominated finish that's framed by building, well-wrought tannins. (JR)  (12/2022)  Vinous

2019 PAUL JABOULET AINE HERMITAGE LA CHAPELLE

Price: $278.00             Your Price: $244.64            Quantity in Stock: 8

(100 Points) Might this be the next vintage of La Chapelle to crack triple digits? Knockout aromas of crushed stone, violets, blueberries, and cassis mark the nose of the 2019 Hermitage La Chapelle, while the full-bodied palate is undeniably more intense and powerful than the more elegant 2018. Rich and velvety, it coats the mouth with dark fruit and creamy-textured espresso, yet retains remarkable length and licorice-derived peppery freshness on the finish. Wow! -Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

2018 PAUL JABOULET AINE HERMITAGE LA CHAPELLE

Price: $327.00             Your Price: $287.76            Quantity in Stock: 4

(98+ Points)  The beautifully proportioned 2018 Hermitage La Chapelle comes across as a complex, complete version of this renowned bottling, with no rough edges—just moderate spice, cassis, red berries and cedar on the nose. It's medium to full-bodied, silky and fine, brimming with harmony and elegance on the palate, while the finish is long, echoing with cassis, charcoal and crushed stone. The tannins firm up a bit on the finish, so I suspect this will close down soon, then blossom sometime after 2025.  May 2021 Week 2, The Wine Advocate

2016 PAUL JABOULET AINE HERMITAGE LA CHAPELLE

Price: $279.00             Your Price: $245.52

(96 points) “ Sourced from the granitic western portion of the appellation, the 2016 Hermitage La Chapelle features mouthwatering aromas of black olives and charred beef. It's full-bodied and creamy-velvety in texture, incredibly lush without being overtly fruity. In fact, it's largely savory, with elegant shadings of leather and spice on the long, silky finish. Yet despite being delicious now, this still has the granite backbone to age through 2040. (JC) “ (10/2018)  Wine Advocate

2012 PAUL JABOULET AINE HERMITAGE LA CHAPELLE

Price: $325.00             Your Price: $286.00            Quantity in Stock: 1

2020 DOMAINE PAUL JABOULET AÎNÉ MAISON BLEUE HERMITAGE

Price: $117.00             Your Price: $102.96

(92-94 points) “Mostly sourced from les Murets, the 2020 Hermitage La Maison Bleue is a solid effort, with appealing notes of blackberries, raspberries and espresso on the nose. It's full-bodied and rich, yet streamlined and focused, with savory tones of black olives appearing on the softly dusty finish. It should drink well young, yet age well for more than a decade. (JC) “ 1/2022)  Wine Advocate

2017 DOMAINE PAUL JABOULET AÎNÉ MAISON BLEUE HERMITAGE

Price: $85.00               Your Price: $74.80

(95 Points) Jaboulet's 2017 Hermitage La Maison Bleue is flat-out sexy stuff, full-bodied, plush and generous without being overripe or unstructured. Licorice, cassis and Asian five-spice powder burst from the glass in a complex whirl of scents and flavors. Sourced from the eastern end of the appellation, it offers immediate gratification and admirable quality at a fraction of the price of the La Chapelle.

With properties now in Bordeaux (Château La Lagune), Burgundy (the former Château Corton André) and Switzerland (she purchased a vineyard in the Valais in 2016), proprietor Caroline Frey is increasingly drawn in different directions, so I was fortunate to be able to sit down with her for a few hours at Michelin-starred Maison Chabran in nearby Pont de l'Isère. She brought representative barrel samples of the 2018s, plus the bottled 2017s, which we tasted through before dining. This year, Frey was excited to show me the 2017 Côtes du Rhône Parallele 45, which is now made using only organic grapes. At up to two million bottles (red, white and rosé) per year, that's no small achievement. But as always, we spent the most time on the wines produced from the firm's own vineyards, which are all farmed biodynamically. Frey explained that they cannot be certified, as the winery also processes grapes and wines from the négociant operations. The grapes are all destemmed, although she said they will experiment with whole clusters. "When we did it in 2013, for me it was not OK," she said. She has begun doing more pigeage (punching down) in the winery, versus just remontage (pumping over). "We have good results on the texture—fleshier." The glory of Jaboulet is the legendary Hermitage La Chapelle, which is finally reflecting all of the hard work put into the vineyards by the Frey family and the Jaboulet team. "We still have many things to do," said Frey. "But I think in the past 13 years we've come a long way."  Issue Date, 19th Dec 2019. Source- December 2019 Week 3, The Wine Advocate

2016 DOMAINE PAUL JABOULET AÎNÉ MAISON BLEUE HERMITAGE

Price: $90.00   Your Price: $79.20

(93 points) “ The charming, already drinkable 2016 Hermitage La Maison Bleue comes from the eastern portion of the appellation. Raspberries and cherries lead the way in this full-bodied, velvety, lush offering, picking up subtle hints of baking spices on the long, silky finish. (JC) “ (10/2018) Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

2016 PAUL JABOULET AINE COTE ROTIE DOMAINE DES PIERRELLES

Price: $119.00             Special Price: $67.50            Quantity in Stock: 38

(93 Points) Even better than I thought last year from barrel, the 2016 Cote Rotie Domaine des Pierrelles is all about elegance and finesse. Hints of cracked pepper and cured meat accent raspberries and cherries in this medium-bodied, silky offering that's ready to drink now, yet it should last for at least a decade.  Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

2016 PAUL JABOULET AINE CORNAS TERRASSES

Price: $65.00               Special Price: $30.00            Quantity in Stock: 38

This Cornas “Les Grandes Terrasses” Paul Ainé Jaboulet, a 100% Syrah, owes its name to the very steep terraces supported by low walls and overlooking the Rhône Valley. Yields are 30 to 35hl / ha. 12 months in oak barrels, 20% of which is new wood.

2020 PAUL JABOULET CROZES HERMITAGE THALABERT

Price: $52.50               Your Price: $46.20

(92-94 points) “ Shimmering ruby. Expressive, spice-accented red and dark berry aromas are complemented by suggestions of olive, espresso and candied flowers. Juicy and energetic on the palate, offering gently sweet cherry and cassis flavors that deepen through the back half. Finishes very long, spicy and smooth, with even tannins lending final grip. (JR)” (12/2022)  Vinous

2014 PAUL JABOULET CROZES HERMITAGE THALABERT

Price: $51.00               Your Price: $44.88

2010 PAUL JABOULET CROZES HERMITAGE THALABERT

Price: $49.00               Your Price: $43.12            Quantity in Stock: 12

(93 points) The 2010 Crozes-Hermitage Domaine de Thalabert, which I raved about last year, is slightly better than their brilliant 2009. It boasts a dense purple color along with a beautiful perfume of camphor, licorice, forest floor, black currants and Christmas fruitcake. With tremendous intensity, full body and supple tannins, it should drink well for 10-15 years, perhaps longer where well-stored. This cuvee is always one of the best buys in the Northern Rhone. (RP) (12/2012) Wine Advocate

2019 PAUL JABOULET CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE CEDRES

Price: $59.00   Special Price: $30.00     Quantity in Stock: 23

This soon-to-be legendary vintage is on full display in Les Cèdres. The lushness of the Grenache is deftly balanced by the fresh acidity and minerality. Pure sandalwood and game notes round out this complex red.

2019 PAUL JABOULET COTES DU RHONE PARALLELE 45

Price: $15.75               Your Price: $13.86            Quantity in Stock: 9

Northern style Cotes du Rhone, with beautiful fresh Syrah character. Notes of wild berries, white pepper, lavender and cherries. This balanced red finishes with incredibly juicy Grenache love.

2020 PAUL JABOULET AINE - DOMAINE DE LA CHAPELLE CHEVALIER DE STERIMBERG HERMITAGE BLANC, RHONE

Price: $105.00             Your Price: $92.40

(90 Points)  A 60-40 blend of Marsanne and Roussanne that aged exclusively in concrete, the 2020 Hermitage Blanc Le Chevalier de Sterimberg features some slightly leesy aromas, plus hints of underripe pear, anise and citrus. Picked early and weighing in at only 13% alcohol, it's a crisp, medium-bodied, tight, yet elegant effort that bears little resemblance to most modern-day white Hermitages.- JC  Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, January 2022

2018 PAUL JABOULET AINE - DOMAINE DE LA CHAPELLE CHEVALIER DE STERIMBERG HERMITAGE BLANC, RHONE

Price: $88.50               Your Price: $77.88

2017 PAUL JABOULET AINE DOMAINE DE LA CHAPELLE CHEVALIER DE STERIMBERG HERMITAGE BLANC, RHONE

Price: $85.50               Your Price: $75.24

2019 PAUL JABOULET MUSCAT BEAUMES DE VENISE 375 ML

Price: $21.75               Your Price: $19.14            Quantity in Stock: 18

A beauty of a dessert wine, this has a bright golden color and beams with ripe tropical and orange peel aromas. Richly textured with honeyed citrus and ripe peach flavors.

A bit of history about Paul Jaboulet Aine:

Forty years ago, Paul Jaboulet Aîné was the great house of the Rhône Valley.  As John Livingstone-Learmonth has written, Jaboulet was, “the yardstick … the trailblazer around the world … bringing the very hearth of the Rhône into people’s lives.”

And they did so not only from their home base of Hermitage, but from all of the great appellations throughout the Rhône. Jaboulet’s most famous wine, then and now, is the legendary Hermitage La Chapelle, made from fruit from their own vines.

Yet, from the 1950s through the 1980s—and from Côte Rôtie in the north to Châteauneuf du Pape in the south—Jaboulet also made cuvées from purchased fruit that were among the greatest wines from their respective villages.

That Jaboulet, as a negociant, could achieve such quality is explained partially by the house’s great skill in the cellar. But even more important was their access at that time to fruit from what are some of today’s most famous domaines.

It was the time when the Rhône’s large merchants were all-powerful. Few domaines had the capacity to bottle and sell their own wines, and so the negociants formed relationships with the growers, many with astonishing holdings, to create some of the greatest wines of the day.

And none were more powerful, or made a wider range of great wines, than Jaboulet. Founded in 1834 with important holdings in both Hermitage and Crozes-Hermitage, the firm had a network of hundreds of Rhône Valley growers from whom they purchased fruit. And until World War II, most of its wine (even Hermitage) was sold in cask, often to Bordeaux and Burgundy.

But under the legendary Louis Jaboulet—who ran the maison from 1935 until handing the reins to his son Gérard in 1977—Jaboulet began to bottle more and more of their own wines. This not only increased quantities of the domaine-bottled La Chapelle and Crozes-Hermitage “Domaine de Thalabert;” it gave birth to the great branded cuvées that Louis created through his relationships with the Rhône’s finest domaines.

The most famous of these brands was Jaboulet’s towering Châteauneuf du Pape “Les Cèdres” (labeled “La Grappe des Papes” for the French market). A typical Les Cèdres blend was two-thirds Grenache, with the balance largely Syrah. The winemaking was classic: whole cluster fermentation in concrete tank, a month-long maceration and 12-18 months aging in foudre.

Jaboulet’s carefully traditional winemaking made the most of its fruit, but what made Les Cèdres one of the greatest of all Châteauneufs was that the grapes came from some of the Southern Rhône’s greatest domaines. A case in point is Jaboulet’s storied 1967 Les Cèdres which, according to Robert Parker “is made 100% from old vines of Château de la Nerthe.” Today, that fruit would go into la Nerthe’s prestige wine, Cuvée des Cadettes.

Another great branded Jaboulet wine was the Côte Rôtie “Les Jumelles,” which Jancis Robinson says was  “magnificent” in the past. Livingstone-Learmonth wrote that the cuvée typically was “bought in grape form from twelve to sixteen small cultivators, and may contain 5 per cent Viognier.” Were we to know the names of those “small cultivators,” we’re sure that many would be well-known to us today.

Of course, there was never any doubt about the source of Jaboulet’s two great domaine-bottled wines: Hermitage La Chapelle and Crozes-Hermitage Domaine de Thalabert.

La Chapelle was typically based on the lush fruit of Le Méal and the firm structure of Les Bessards, Hermitage’s two greatest climats. And Domaine de Thalabert owes its Hermitage-like truffly perfume and velvety texture to a special terroir, the pebble-strewn lieu-dit Les Chassis, owned by Jaboulet since its founding in 1834.

The maison was passed through the Jaboulet family until the purchase by the Frey family in 2006.

The rest of the Northern Rhone wine in the store on SALE!

2020 DOMAINE JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE, RHONE, FRANCE

Price: $395.00             Your Price: $347.60            Quantity in Stock: 4

2020 DOMAINE JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE BLANC, RHONE, FRANCE

Price: $345.00             Your Price: $303.60            Quantity in Stock: 1

2019 YANN CHAVE HERMITAGE

Price: $133.50             Your Price: $117.48            Quantity in Stock: 12

2015 CAVE DE TAIN "GRAND CLASSIQUE" HERMITAGE BLANC

Price: $75.50               Your Price: $66.44            Quantity in Stock: 6

2011 DELAS FRERES HERMITAGE DOMAINE DES TOURETTES - MARQUISE DE LA TOURETTE, RHONE, FRANCE

Price: $155.00             Your Price: $136.40            Quantity in Stock: 2

2003 DOMAINE JEAN LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE

Price: $1600.00           Sale Price: $1295.00            Quantity in Stock: 3

2018 OGIER COTE ROTIE

Price: $90.00               Your Price: $79.20            Quantity in Stock: 2

2018 RENE ROSTAING COTE ROTIE AMPODIUM

Price: $97.25               Your Price: $85.58            Quantity in Stock: 8



2018 MAISON CLUSEL-ROCH VIALLIERE COTE ROTIE

Price: $125.75             Your Price: $110.66            Quantity in Stock: 4

2018 MAISON CLUSEL-ROCH CHAMPON COTE ROTIE

Price: $122.75             Your Price: $108.02            Quantity in Stock: 6



2018 MAISON CLUSEL-ROCH LES SCHISTES COTE ROTIE

Price: $86.25               Your Price: $75.90            Quantity in Stock: 10



2018 ANTHONY PARET COTE ROTIE ESPIRIT DU PERE

Price: $72.00               Your Price: $63.36            Quantity in Stock: 7



2017 DOMAINE FRANÇOIS VILLARD CÔTE-RÔTIE LE GALLET BLANC ROUGE

Price: $79.50               Your Price: $69.96            Quantity in Stock: 8

2012 CHAPOUTIER COTE ROTIE LA MORDOREE

List Price: $235.00     Your Price: $206.80            Quantity in Stock: 5

2008 E. GUIGAL COTE ROTIE LA MOULINE, RHONE, FRANCE

Price: $425.00             Your Price: $374.00            Quantity in Stock: 1

2003 GUIGAL COTE ROTIE LA LANDONNE

Price: $900.00             Sale Price: $699.00            Quantity in Stock: 1

1999 E. GUIGAL COTE ROTIE LA TURQUE

Price: $1300.00           Sale Price: $1060.00            Quantity in Stock: 1

1999 E. GUIGAL COTE ROTIE LA LANDONNE

Price: $1100.00           Sale Price: $880.00`            Quantity in Stock: 1

1998 GUIGAL COTE ROTIE LA LANDONNE

Price: $900.0               Sale Price: $699.00            Quantity in Stock: 4



1991 E. GUIGAL COTE ROTIE LA TURQUE

Price: $1300.00           Sale Price: $1050.00            Quantity in Stock: 6



1991 E. GUIGAL COTE ROTIE LA LANDONNE

Price: $1800.00           Sale Price: $1425.00            Quantity in Stock: 6

1990 E. GUIGAL COTE ROTIE LA LANDONNE

Price: $1700.00           Sale Price: $1399.00            Quantity in Stock: 6

2020 DOMAINE AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS RENAISSANCE RHONE

Price: $134.00             Your Price: $117.92            Quantity in Stock: 5

2020 DOMAINE AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS RHONE

Price: $194.25             Your Price: $170.94            Quantity in Stock: 3

2020 DOMAINE AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS MAGNUM 1.5L RHONE

Price: $450.00             Your Price: $396.00            Quantity in Stock: 2

2020 DOMAINE LEMENICIER CORNAS RHONE VALLEY FRANCE

Price: $55.00               Your Price: $48.40            Quantity in Stock: 12

2020 DOMAINE VINCENT PARIS CORNAS GRANIT 60

Price: $73.50               Your Price: $64.68            Quantity in Stock: 12

2018 VINCENT PARIS CORNAS LA GEYNALE

Price: $74.50               Your Price: $65.56            Quantity in Stock: 10

2020 YANN CHAVE CROZES HERMITAGE

Price: $35.00               Your Price: $30.80            Quantity in Stock: 11

2020 M. CHAPOUTIER CROZES-HERMITAGE LES MEYSONNIERS RHONE

Price: $54.00               Your Price: $47.52            Quantity in Stock: 5

2019 DOMAINE BELLE CROZES HERMITAGE BLANC LES TERRES BLANCHES

Price: $40.00               Your Price: $35.20            Quantity in Stock: 3

2020 YVES CUILLERON CONDRIEU LA PETITE COTE

Price: $62.75               Your Price: $55.22            Quantity in Stock: 4



2019 MAISON CLUSEL-ROCHE "VERCHERY" CONDRIEU

Price: $94.75               Your Price: $83.38            Quantity in Stock: 10



2019 ANTHONY PARET CONDRIEU LYS DE VOLAN

Price: $67.50               Your Price: $59.40            Quantity in Stock: 14

2017 DOMAINE FRANCOIS VILLARD CONDRIEU LES TERRASSES DU PALAT

Price: $67.50               Your Price: $59.40            Quantity in Stock: 1



2017 DOMAINE FRANCOIS VILLARD LE GRAND VALLON CONDRIEU

Price: $66.00               Your Price: $58.08            Quantity in Stock: 6

2015 DELAS FRERES CONDRIEU CLOS BOUCHER

Price: $105.00             Your Price: $92.40            Quantity in Stock: 2

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