Jean-Luc Jamet - Côte-Rôtie - Les Terrasses - Rouge - 2018

Wine:

Produced from the prestigious terroir of La Landonne, the 2018 red Côte Rôtie Les Terrasses offers the very best of this great Rhône Valley vintage. Full of luscious flavors of fruit, it delivers an accomplished version of its grape variety and terroir, combining notes of black fruit and fine spices, perfectly supported by well-calibrated, oaky aging. This is a precise, intense wine, very pure, both full-bodied and concentrated, with velvety, smooth tannins, certainly one of the appellation's finest references. Still young, it will gain in complexity over the years, but you can already taste it by decanting it for one or two hours. Just what you'd expect from a great wine from this appellation, and then some!

Vinification:

Hand harvested, 30% destemmed, aged on fine lees for 18 to 20 months in barrels, 20% new.

Color:

Sparkling, brilliant red.

Nose:

A bouquet of black fruits mixed with delicate spicy notes.

Palate:

Precise and full-bodied with full fruit flavors, this wine's complexity increases with age, releasing concentrated, pure juice with velvety, silky tannins.

Temperature:

Decant a few hours before serving, between 16 and 18°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Roast leg of doe, wild boar jig, veal escalope with chanterelles.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2040, and even longer for enthusiasts.

Lord of Côte Rôtie, Jean-Luc Jamet is expanding the appellation's elite ranks with dazzling success. And it didn't take long for his talent to blossom: from his first vintage in 2013, the superiority of the terroir made all the difference, revealing wines of jubilant precision. Produced in small batches, they deliver the truth of a perfectly accomplished Syrah to all wine-lovers.