Wines Before / At / After a Passover Seder (The Krengels - Bannockburn IL): This had been opened and decanted 6+ hours in advance, and still clearly needs more time. Ripe black berries, well spiced, with traces of liqueur and preserves. Lots of fruit, spice, energy, and structure in near harmony, but with great potential. I'd give this until at least 2030 to show its full potential.
Obviously silly young for a Jamet but the bottle was opened and with tons of air it was enjoyable if still quite primary. Medium-to-full bodied with good depth of dark berry fruit and the classic fine, silky texture of Jamet is quite apparent. Some lovely CR flavors emerge late with notes of campfire embers and slate minerals. I see no reason why this won't become an excellent vintage for this seductive, Burgundian Cote Rotie in proper time. 92+
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Tellement jeune, mais tellement bon. Gros fruit noir, sanguin, violette. Certainement un infanticide, mais un plaisir immediat certes. La prochaine dans 10 ans
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Very ripe profile, certainly into the blue fruit range, but also full of lovely smokey, meaty nuances. Lots of very fine tannin, lots of palate material. Very young of course. Lacks length though. Delicious but not profound.
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Decanted and maybe shouldn’t have. I thought this was a bit coiled up tonight, and kept making mental comparisons to a 2016 that really floored me recently. Here, the 18 was firm, with a dark core of blackberry, wisps of smoke and purple florals but with the volume turned down. I didn’t get the layers or exoticism in this vintage. A delicious wine but not a great Jamet.
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Rhone Birthday 2022; 11/4/2022-11/6/2022: Awesome young wine. Quite balanced despite the difficult vintage. Black fruits with violet highlights. Smokey and maybe a bit reductive?. Palate is quite coarse and even austere on the finish, showing considerable tannins. Still, depth and complexity balances the structure. Needs sometime for sure. On night 2 this was still rather dark fruited and sullen, with a smoky character. Needs time.
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Purple, v dark, slow oxed 5 hours, stunning nose, white pepper, floral, Christmas fruitcake! full bodied & powerful but light on its feet, beautiful tannins, so darn delicious now so imagine when it’s at peak 93-95
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Another year around the sun-Birthday #42 (Daisies and Pops for Champagne-Chicago, IL): While this saw about 3 hours of air, it badly needed more. This was still a bit tight and coiled up. Even with it being grumpy, the depth was absolutely there while showing off elegant tones of olive paste, briney notes, licorice, black cherries, raspberries, earth, black pepper, and bits of currants. The Medium bodied feel is deep and balanced with tart, medium+ acidity and chewy, high tannins. The structure is extremely youthful and a bit imposing. What is here is still really good and with a ton of promise. I would love to try this again in another 10+ years as it has all the ingredients to be a monster.
Savory nose with ripe dark fruit, olives, black cherries, and a hint of blood orange. Good acidity and very well balanced on the palate with more dark fruit notes, bacon, game, and violets. Long finish. This will be an amazing Jamet. It's somewhat approachable now, but really the wine is all about future promise right now. Wait at least 5-10 years. 95-96+
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Lunch at 67PM: Surprisingly plush and approachable for a Jamet, not brooding at all unlike the 2015 that I tried a few years ago. The fruit was ripe and sweet with a hint of jamminess, but not over done as the acidity was still very much present. Very good.
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A monster, very plush and fruit forward. Olive tapenade and herbs also present. Lacks the floral caracter for now, needs a good 5 to 8 years and this will be a very good cote rotie. 92 for now
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My bottle was not nearly as open and giving as Acyso's below, but I also had it on the PnP. It briefly gave a glance at the below description after some breathing, but then the bottle was empty:-) I could see it being a 95p wine eventually, or perhaps even already now with extended aeration, but I will give the remaining bottles some sleep, so I won't know for sure for a while
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Hot take: wine of the vintage. The nose on this is stellar; it's all classic syrah, more purple than red or black fruit (and to a degree, a bit of jamminess but not in a bad way), intense olive brininess, and a little bit of smoke. Really, it doesn't get more classic than this. The palate is Allemand-like in its silkiness; almost as if Allemand had made a Côte-Rôtie (i.e. a less feral, slightly brighter-fruited wine). No rough edges, just pure syrah fruit on top of a briny olive note. The tannins are supple and nothing like the brooding nature of the Chave or Allemand Chaillot. Yes, this is very ripe (you're never going to get away from that) but overall there's a pervading coolness on the palate from the acidity that balances this out. A fantastic effort and if you were to buy a single 2018 Northern Rhône, this would be it.
4/22/2024 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Wines Before / At / After a Passover Seder (The Krengels - Bannockburn IL): This had been opened and decanted 6+ hours in advance, and still clearly needs more time. Ripe black berries, well spiced, with traces of liqueur and preserves. Lots of fruit, spice, energy, and structure in near harmony, but with great potential. I'd give this until at least 2030 to show its full potential.
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6/16/2023 - Lollipop Likes this wine: 93 Points
Young? Sure but already so much character. Nose came out with some time. Slightly more alcohol than I would have liked but carries it so delicately.
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4/7/2023 - dream Likes this wine: 92 Points
Obviously silly young for a Jamet but the bottle was opened and with tons of air it was enjoyable if still quite primary. Medium-to-full bodied with good depth of dark berry fruit and the classic fine, silky texture of Jamet is quite apparent. Some lovely CR flavors emerge late with notes of campfire embers and slate minerals. I see no reason why this won't become an excellent vintage for this seductive, Burgundian Cote Rotie in proper time. 92+
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2/17/2023 - benjamin96 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tellement jeune, mais tellement bon. Gros fruit noir, sanguin, violette. Certainement un infanticide, mais un plaisir immediat certes. La prochaine dans 10 ans
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2/11/2023 - coremill wrote: 91 Points
Very ripe profile, certainly into the blue fruit range, but also full of lovely smokey, meaty nuances. Lots of very fine tannin, lots of palate material. Very young of course. Lacks length though. Delicious but not profound.
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11/6/2022 - jviz wrote: 94 Points
Decanted and maybe shouldn’t have. I thought this was a bit coiled up tonight, and kept making mental comparisons to a 2016 that really floored me recently. Here, the 18 was firm, with a dark core of blackberry, wisps of smoke and purple florals but with the volume turned down. I didn’t get the layers or exoticism in this vintage. A delicious wine but not a great Jamet.
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11/5/2022 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Rhone Birthday 2022; 11/4/2022-11/6/2022: Awesome young wine. Quite balanced despite the difficult vintage. Black fruits with violet highlights. Smokey and maybe a bit reductive?. Palate is quite coarse and even austere on the finish, showing considerable tannins. Still, depth and complexity balances the structure. Needs sometime for sure.
On night 2 this was still rather dark fruited and sullen, with a smoky character. Needs time.
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7/2/2022 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine: 93 Points
Purple, v dark, slow oxed 5 hours, stunning nose, white pepper, floral, Christmas fruitcake! full bodied & powerful but light on its feet, beautiful tannins, so darn delicious now so imagine when it’s at peak
93-95
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5/19/2022 - KeithAkers wrote: 93 Points
Another year around the sun-Birthday #42 (Daisies and Pops for Champagne-Chicago, IL): While this saw about 3 hours of air, it badly needed more. This was still a bit tight and coiled up. Even with it being grumpy, the depth was absolutely there while showing off elegant tones of olive paste, briney notes, licorice, black cherries, raspberries, earth, black pepper, and bits of currants. The Medium bodied feel is deep and balanced with tart, medium+ acidity and chewy, high tannins. The structure is extremely youthful and a bit imposing. What is here is still really good and with a ton of promise. I would love to try this again in another 10+ years as it has all the ingredients to be a monster.
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5/17/2022 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 96 Points
Savory nose with ripe dark fruit, olives, black cherries, and a hint of blood orange. Good acidity and very well balanced on the palate with more dark fruit notes, bacon, game, and violets. Long finish. This will be an amazing Jamet. It's somewhat approachable now, but really the wine is all about future promise right now. Wait at least 5-10 years. 95-96+
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5/3/2022 - melvinyeowq wrote: 92 Points
Lunch at 67PM: Surprisingly plush and approachable for a Jamet, not brooding at all unlike the 2015 that I tried a few years ago. The fruit was ripe and sweet with a hint of jamminess, but not over done as the acidity was still very much present. Very good.
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4/27/2022 - Hanibal Likes this wine: 92 Points
A monster, very plush and fruit forward. Olive tapenade and herbs also present. Lacks the floral caracter for now, needs a good 5 to 8 years and this will be a very good cote rotie. 92 for now
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2/1/2022 - SineQuaNon wrote:
My bottle was not nearly as open and giving as Acyso's below, but I also had it on the PnP. It briefly gave a glance at the below description after some breathing, but then the bottle was empty:-) I could see it being a 95p wine eventually, or perhaps even already now with extended aeration, but I will give the remaining bottles some sleep, so I won't know for sure for a while
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1/8/2022 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
Hot take: wine of the vintage. The nose on this is stellar; it's all classic syrah, more purple than red or black fruit (and to a degree, a bit of jamminess but not in a bad way), intense olive brininess, and a little bit of smoke. Really, it doesn't get more classic than this. The palate is Allemand-like in its silkiness; almost as if Allemand had made a Côte-Rôtie (i.e. a less feral, slightly brighter-fruited wine). No rough edges, just pure syrah fruit on top of a briny olive note. The tannins are supple and nothing like the brooding nature of the Chave or Allemand Chaillot. Yes, this is very ripe (you're never going to get away from that) but overall there's a pervading coolness on the palate from the acidity that balances this out. A fantastic effort and if you were to buy a single 2018 Northern Rhône, this would be it.
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