November 6, 2025
Jaboulet La Chapelle 2015 - 3x 100-Pointed - a legend in the making
2015 La Chapelle from Jaboulet
Only 3 vintages of Jaboulet’s La Chapelle have earned the perfect 100-Point rating from leading Rhone critic Jeb Dunnuck and they are 1961 (a unicorn wine), 1978 and 2015.
100 Points - Jeb Dunnuck
“Lastly, and a legendary wine in the making, the 2015 Hermitage La Chapelle is reminiscent of the 1990 with its full-bodied, opulently, sexy, yet concentrated style. Offering sensational notes of blackcurrants, smoked herbs, beef blood, and chocolate, it’s a huge yet elegant wine that has masses of sweet tannin, incredible purity and finesse, and a killer finish. It’s the finest wine from this estate in close to 30 years. Hats off to Caroline Frey and Jacques Desvernois!"
This is an exceptionally rare opportunity and we’re truly fortunate to be able to offer it at such an outstanding price. The 2015 vintage is one of the finest ever produced from La Chapelle. With newer releases like the 2022 now selling for €178 IB, our price of €169* IB for the higher-scoring, beautifully mature 2015 is remarkable value.
Provenance is impeccable, with bottles coming directly from the domaine. Each carries a back label stating “Released from the domain cellar in November 2025”. Available in 1x75cl OWC and 3x75cl OWC, they make an ideal addition to any serious cellar.
Paul Jaboulet Aîné stands as one of the Rhône Valley’s true legends, a benchmark for quality and tradition since its founding in 1834. From its historic base in Tain-l’Hermitage, the estate has crafted some of the region’s most celebrated wines, led by the iconic Hermitage La Chapelle. Under Caroline Frey’s meticulous stewardship, Jaboulet combines heritage with modern precision, producing wines that capture the Rhône’s depth, purity and timeless sense of place.
The 2015 Hermitage La Chapelle is a modern legend, recalling the monumental 1990 with its depth, precision and sensual power. A 100-point wine, it radiates dark fruit, smoked herbs, spice and graphite over a core of polished tannins and seamless texture. Under Caroline Frey, Jaboulet has redefined Hermitage, crafting a wine of purity, finesse and immense ageing potential that will endure for decades.
Opportunities like this rarely come twice. With perfect scores, pristine provenance and a price well below newer vintages, the 2015 La Chapelle stands as one of the Rhône’s greatest buys today. Available at this special price for one week only — once these few cases are gone, they’re gone for good.
Paul Jaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle 2015
€169* In Bond per bottle
100 Points | Jeb Dunnuck
Lastly, and a legendary wine in the making, the 2015 Hermitage La Chapelle is reminiscent of the 1990 with its full-bodied, opulently, sexy, yet concentrated style. Offering sensational notes of blackcurrants, smoked herbs, beef blood, and chocolate, it’s a huge yet elegant wine that has masses of sweet tannin, incredible purity and finesse, and a killer finish. It’s the finest wine from this estate in close to 30 years. Hats off to Caroline Frey and Jacques Desvernois! Drinking Window: 2026 - 2066
100 Points | The Wine Cellar Insider, Jeff Leve
So inky and unfathomably profound in shade, this wine may stain your stemware as well as your palate with its caliginous hue. With a decanter filled with crème de cassis, this full bodied, concentrated dream liquid fills your mouth and coats your palate while mesmerizing your senses for at least 60 seconds. The fruit bestows purity, intensity, length and precision. In its youth, it's intellectual; when it matures, it will be a hedonistic coup d’état. Is this the best vintage since 1990 or perhaps 1978? Yes! This is off the charts. If you you have the money, this is a wine to lay down. Once other people begin tasting this wine, and word gets out, it is only going to become more expensive.
100 Points | The Drinks Business, Colin Hay
This has an incredible poise and a wondrously cool, refined elegance on the nose. Inviting, enticing and alluring but not giving away all of its secrets – an invitation. Beautifully harmonious in its beguiling complexity, I find this difficult to describe and almost a crime to seek do so (it’s a tough job but someone has to!). Attaching descriptors to its considerable charms is like deconstructing what is entirely holistic and in perfect unity. Very dark chocolate, fennel seeds, lilac and just a hint of candied violet; there is a trace of cinnamon and nutmeg, that archetypally La Chapelle wild gamey-ness, garrigue herbs and aged armchair leather. The texture is fabulous – the epitome of the tannin management that marks the return to form of La Chapelle under Caroline Frey. Composed, pure, dense and compact but incredibly soft and seductive – cashmere more than silk. Utterly glorious. The best of these and very special indeed.
98 Points | Vinous
Bright purple. Explosive, smoke- and spice-accented blueberry, cherry cola, incense and smoky mineral aromas show outstanding delineation and pick up a hint of olive with aeration. Sweet and expansive on the palate, offering deeply concentrated dark berry liqueur, fruitcake and floral pastille flavors, along with a suggestion of star anise. The remarkably long, penetrating finish features strong minerally cut, an echo of sweet blue fruit and harmonious tannins that come in late and fold effortlessly into the deeply concentrated fruit. At this stage, this is a contender for the wine of the vintage, at least by estimation. Drinking Window: 2028 - 2040
98 Points | Wine Advocate
The 2015 Hermitage La Chapelle is one of the estate’s finest recent efforts. It’s packed with firm tannins and will need to be lost in the cellar for a decade, but it will reward those with patience. Richly concentrated and full-bodied, it hits all the expected notes—cassis, black olive, smoke, crushed stone, pencil shavings and espresso—then finishes long, with an aristocratic sense of reserve and austerity. Winemaker Jacques Devernois compares it to a woman’s black dress, meaning it speaks of elegance and class.
*Prices are accurate as of the blog publication date and may be subject to change.