Festival Aromes (Aroma Festival), one of the most prestigious culinary events of the year, organised for the third year by the Sofitel Metropole, in Hanoi.
Paul Jaboulet Aîné and Château La Lagune attended to the four-day event with Regis Marcon, Dominique Corby and Didier Corlou, three highly celebrated French chefs.
80 persons were lucky to taste the nuances of their cooking styles, while highlighting Viet Nam as a rising culinary destination.
These kitchen masters are working alongside wineries such as Paul Jaboulet Ainé and Chateau la Lagune to turn these meals into epicurean fetes
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Hermitage 'La Chapelle' equalls its own record in Los Angeles
Hermitage ‘La Chapelle’ 1961 contributes to a new record at an auction sale by Christie’s in Los Angeles on November the 3rd 2007.
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Exhibitions...
Maison Paul Jaboulet Aîné will participate at
- Marché aux vins d’Ampuis on the 18th, 19th and 20th of January 2008 at the sale polyvalente
- Salon des vins des Côtes du Rhône Septentrionales in Tain l’Hermitage on the 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th of February 2008 at espace Rochegude
We will let you know about the location of our stands soon.
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Participation at VINISUD 2008 Exhibition
VINISUD 2008: 8th International Exhibition of Mediterranean Wines and Spirits – 18th, 19th and 20th February 2008
Maison Paul Jaboulet Aîné will be present for the third time at the VINISUD Exhibition in Montpellier (Parc des Expositions de Montpellier). We will be located on Hall 9, Stand n° A-48.
Paul Jaboulet Aîné’s Hermitage ‘La Chapelle’ smashed the European record and nearly equalled the worldwide record at an auction sale with Christie’s in London, decanter.com, Lucy Shaw
Christies London has set a new European auction record for a case of wine - 12 bottles of Hermitage La Chapelle 1961 which sold for a record-breaking £123,750 - over £10,000 a bottle.
This smashes the auction house's previous record set in June 2006 when 12 bottles of 1978 Romanee-Conti from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti fetched £93,500.
The Finest and Rarest Wine auction, held on 20 September, made £1,794,397, selling 95% of lots offered.
A single bottle of Hermitage La Chapelle 1937 netted £5,500, while a second case of Hermitage La Chapelle 1961 sold for £112,500, making the £22,000 paid for 12 bottles of 1961 Château Mouton Rothschild appear modest in comparison.
'A single case of the famed 1961 Hermitage La Chapelle set a world auction record for a case of wine from the Rhone, illustrating the continued ascent of Rhone in the international wine markets', said Chris Munro, Christie's director of wine.
The world record for a case of wine is currently held by Christie's Los Angeles, which in September last year sold six magnums of Mouton Rothschild 1945 for $345,000 (£172,000).
The most expensive wine ever remains the – now notorious – single bottle of 1787 Chateau Lafite from the cellar of Thomas Jefferson, which sold at Christie's London in December 1985 for £105,000.
Other notable one-bottle lots include a magnum of Hermitage La Chapelle 1961, which made £16,080 at Christies Geneva in May 2007, and a bottle of 1811 Chateau d'Yquem, which sold at Christie's London in November 2005 for £18,700.
The France agents meeting , July 2007
On July the 3rd and 4th 2007 the french commercial agents for Paul Jaboulet Aîné and Château La Lagune gathered for their first annual meeting. The main objective was to present the new updates at all levels : Vine growing, environment, wine marketing, sales, as well as the projects to come. The agents could appreciate, the beauty of vineyards during a diner- cruise on the Rhône river, the beauty of our vineyards and, the following day, they could discover our wines of the 2005 vintage during a training and tasting in our unique cellars “ VINEUM”.
VINEXPO 2007
During this new edition of Vinexpo 2007, Paul Jaboulet Aîné and Château La Lagune shared a completly new stand inspired by a luxurious style of jewellery. Presented as diamonds in an gift box, the bottles revealed their new packaging and the new graphic charter came to light. The new image of the company was welcomed very positively.
Sleepless night in Paris
The Disciples of Auguste Escoffier is an association which gathers chefs, active defenders of the French cooking. The profits of their annual evening will be transfered to the « Nez Rouge » association which fights against the orphan diseases. The godfather of this edition 2007 which was held at the prestigious Pavillon Gabriel with 700 guests was Yannick Alleno, famous chef 3 étoiles from the Meurice. The theme for this edition was “sleepless night”. We took part in this event by offering our St Joseph Grand Pompée Blanc and our Haut Medoc Mademoiselle L.
CHRISTIE’S On Tuesday 15th May 2007
Price records at the Geneva auction sale.
Among our best sales: (inclusive of tax)
- Hermitage Rouge La Chapelle 1961 - Lot of 1 case of 1 magnum 24 000 €
- Hermitage Rouge La Chapelle 1961 - Lot of 1 case of 1 bottle : 11 000 €
- Hermitage Rouge La Chapelle 1990 - Lot of 1 case of 1 jéroboam : 3 700 €