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Auction Ends: 2/3/2018 11:00:00 AM PDT

Lot #46. Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle 1978

Description: Consists of 2 Bottles, 0.75L
Region: France, Rhône, Hermitage.
Score: 100 RP.
Opaque plum/garnet-colored, with a fabulously sweet, youthful bouquet of licorice, incense, smoked meats, pepper, and blackberry/cassis fruit, the full-bodied 1978 La Chapelle is extremely young with astonishing vigor, velvety tannin, and a full-bodied, multi-dimensional, layered personality. Wine Advocate #129, Jun 2000
Provenance: The Tower Cellar
Notes: 1 missing La Chapelle neck tag, bin soiled, scuffed, heavily damp stained, 1 wrinkled and 1 torn labels.
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Lot Location: Orange County
Estimate: $2,250

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