2016 Jaboulet Crozes Hermitage Thalbert

The other day, I was scrolling through various  wine offers from suppliers and jolted up straight in my chair when I came across this offer for a back vintage of Jaboulet. I remembered just how well 2016 sold on its release. Then, when I looked closer, I couldn’t believe the price was within $1 of what we sold it for originally.  

That’s exciting! I knew I’d kept a couple bottles for myself and ferreted one out to check its progress. WOW!!

In no way is this wine “baked out” or overripe like so many of the recent releases from the Rhone. White pepper jumps out on the nose, followed by damp earth and garrigue. It also displays a wonderful leathery quality. The flavors are cool and extremely well balanced on a finish that shows complexity and character, especially for a wine at this level.  

It's just about entered its ideal drinking window and probably continues along this path for the next 8-10 years. This is a tremendous bottle of wine for a no brainer price.  

Don’t hesitate on this one.  It will disappear!