Jean-Luc Jamet
Terrasses Côte-Rotie Syrah
Côte-Rôtie, Northern Rhône, Rhône, France
Warming and rich with its smokey ripe fruit. There’s a sun-kissed element there. The tannins are marked by this solar vintage too, with a lower acidity accompanying that. Wholesome, full, with some burliness in its oak and tannin but nothing that isn’t absolutely delightful. It’s built around the iron and smoke content now, with warm black cherry compote, leather, ash, violet/lavender, truffle, and pepper adding support. The allure of spices and whole cluster layers are in sync with the rest of the wine. Despite the impacts from heat/drought, I still find that “Burgundian” sensibility that makes the brothers Jamet wines so delicious and intricate. With aeration its structural balance and powdery tannic length began to take on a more noble form.
Warming and rich with its smokey ripe fruit. There’s a sun-kissed element there. The tannins are marked by this solar vintage too, with a lower acidity accompanying that. Wholesome, full, with some burliness in its oak and tannin but nothing that isn’t absolutely delightful. It’s built around the iron and smoke content now, with warm black cherry compote, leather, ash, violet/lavender, truffle, and pepper adding support. The allure of spices and whole cluster layers are in sync with the rest of the wine. Despite the impacts from heat/drought, I still find that “Burgundian” sensibility that makes the brothers Jamet wines so delicious and intricate. With aeration its structural balance and powdery tannic length began to take on a more noble form.
Dec 5th, 2020
