Jean-Luc Jamet - Cote Rotie Terrasses 2018 (750ml)
Price: $102.00
| Producer | Jean-Luc Jamet |
| Country | France |
| Region | Rhone |
| Varietal | Syrah |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 4537 |
| Size | 750ml |
Jeb Dunnuck: 94 Points
I loved the 2018 Côte Rôtie Terrasses, which is slightly more supple and elegant than both the 2017 and 2019. Offering darker red, almost blue fruits as well as peppery game, violets, and crushed stone-like minerality, it's medium to full-bodied, has the vintage's pure, balanced, harmonious style, supple tannins, and a great finish. It doesn't have the structure or mid-palate density of the 2019, but is a gorgeously complex, nuanced Côte Rôtie that needs another 3-5 years of bottle age and will evolve gracefully.
Vinous: 91 Points
Saturated violet. Ripe dark berry cherry pit and smoked meat aromas are complicated by suggestions of licorice and olive paste. Sappy and concentrated on the palate offering lush bitter cherry black raspberry and candied violet flavors with a peppery nuance on the back half. Youthfully grippy tannins build slowly on the persistent finish which features lingering game and spice flourishes. (Drink between 2025-2033)
Wine Advocate: 91+ Points
More structured than it was from barrel the 2018 Cote Rotie Terrasses comes across as tightly clenched with a fistful of juicy raspberries locked away for the moment. Full-bodied and tannic it needs some time to emerge from its current dormant phase. Just a few steps up the hill and a solid stone wall apart from the old family domaine now home to his brother Jean-Luc Jamet continues to build and expand his brand-new cellars. As it had been some time since my previous visit we had some catching up to do and we went through a few short verticals of the domaine's wines as well as a quick barrel tasting of the lots destined for the 2020 Cote Rotie Terrasses. Aficionados of Côte Rôtie no doubt know that the brothers Jamet split the domaine in 2013 with Jean-Luc subsequently building his own winery just on the other side of the (formerly) shared driveway. That drive is now divided by a sturdy stone wall. This was my first opportunity to visit with Jean-Luc who spent most of his time in the vineyards when the brothers worked together so we tasted almost all of the wines he's made since the split. He says he's working on a fresh fruit-driven style but that "freshness has been hard to obtain" in recent vintages. "I prefer to make a blended wine with lots of complexity" he said during my visit. There is just one Côte Rôtie as a result which includes lots from several notable lieux-dits including La Landonne Lancement Fongeant and Chavaroche. During our tasting we were joined by Benoit Jamet Jean-Luc's son. Published: Jan 20 2022
