TN: 1997 Domaine Jamet Côte-Rôtie (France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie)

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  • 1997 Domaine Jamet Côte-Rôtie - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie (12/17/2012)
    The “least” of Jamet’s 3 1997 cuvees, after Brune and Les Sommets d’Harys. This is a monster, and a perfect expression of old school, Cote Rotie winemaking.

Little sign of age on the rim, still plummy red.

Upon opening, a brutish nose of espresso, earth, smoked game, bacon, tapenade, salami, dark chocolate, iron and white pepper - smells like the delicatessen of my dreams.

The palate reveals ripe and slightly roasted sweet black and red fruits. Still very tannic, with a pleasant acid spine. Cherries, raspberries, plums, damsons, blueberries wrapped around a meaty core of aged syrah. More open than the Sommets drunk this summer, and with a stronger fruit profile

According to JLL, Jamet rates his 1997s very highly, and it is easy to see why with this bottle. A brilliant bottle. Next time, I’ll try it vs the Brune and Sommets

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I had this a couple of months back and couldn’t agree more. Quintessential N. Rhone meatiness!

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Weird…I have a few of these still (i think) and they have the old label. I thought Jamet didn’t go to the new label until the 2001 vintage.

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Correct - I suppose this is a later release by the domaine.
BTW: the old label was much more beautiful - this looks like chicken shit …

The wine however is fabulous!

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The domaine indeed has a wine library and they release some older stuff from time to time. Would have to double check which label is used, old or new.

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they have tons of back stock at the winery. tons of large format, etc. was surprised given they small size of the estate.

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Road trip!