Domaine Jamet is a reference point in Cรดte-Rรดtie. Their holdings read like a โwhoโs whoโ of top vineyard sites in the AOC, including names like Fongeant, Chavaroche, Les Moutonnes, La Landonne, Cรดte Blonde, Cรดte Rozier, and Cรดte Brune. Like Chave in Hermitage, he generally likes to blend all all the sites together to present a wine that is a truly complete Cรดte-Rรดtie, taking advantage of all that the different terroirs have to offer. (He does reserve a tiny number of berries for a separate Cรดte Brune bottling that is rarely seen.)
This practice of blending vineyard sites is an old tradition in the Northern Rhone, consistent with Jametโs general approach in the winery. His Cรดte-Rรดtie is almost all whole cluster. He uses no barriques, opting instead for the larger demi-muids. The other big names who made wines like this in Cรดte-Rรดtie have either retired (Gentaz) or changed course (Guigal). Jamet โ specifically Jean-Paul Jamet, whoโs been at it since he was a 16 year old boy in 1976 โ has stuck it out.
Professional Reviews
Antonio Galloni
Decanter
What importer Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant has to say about this wine...
Blend: 50% Marsanne, 25% Viognier, 13% Roussanne, 12% Grenache Blanc
Appellation: Cรดtes du Rhรดne
Country:France
Region: Northern Rhรดne
Producer: Domaine Jamet
Winemaker: Jean-Paul Jamet
Vineyard: 6-35 years, 2 ha
Soil: Clay, Limestone, Mica Schist
Aging: Aged 9 months, 50% in stainless steel, 50% in barrique
Farming: Lutte Raisonnรฉe
Alcohol: 13%
Details
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Grape Variety
Marsanne , Roussanne , Viognier , White Blend
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Vintage
2023
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Size
750ml
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Farming Practice
Sustainable
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Style
Earthy , Minerally
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Sweetness
Dry
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Body
Full Bodied