2012 Domaine Joël Champet Côte-Rôtie La Viallière

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 94 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View salil's profile
  • Report Issue

  12/20/2023 - salil wrote: 92 Points

  Damn good. Very much an old school, STGT Cote-Rotie. Red fruits, green and black olives, herbal and peppery notes, and a savoury meaty and saline character throughout that makes it so fun to drink. Still youthful with plenty of grip to the grainy tannins, but a producer I definitely need more of.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View zachb1125's profile
  • Report Issue

  2/14/2023 - zachb1125 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Fun, funky, delicious nose. Earthy, muddy, meaty, a little bit of leather, black olive, dust, black pepper, plum, fruit soaked in soy sauce? 'Sauvage'. Acidity and tanins are great, medium-medium+ More dark fruit, spice, baking spices on the palate. A little violet as well. Excellent stuff.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View DrinkBordeaux's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/23/2021 - DrinkBordeaux wrote: 94 Points

  Excellent. Already drinking very well with some tertiary notes emerging. A wine with endurance that didn't exhibit any considerable drop-off over a few hours. Very good value.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View LT98's profile
  • Report Issue

  10/18/2020 - LT98 wrote: 94 Points

  Like a previous reviewer, I had not heard of Champet before, and this, my second bottle of the 2012, in my introduction. Wow. Deep leather, smoke tar. Incredible balance and finesse with rich flavors and a terrific QPR. I am looking forward to trying other vintages and watching this age.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View mye's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/26/2020 - mye wrote:

  First time trying this producer. The nose was lovely, with loads of peppery bacon, game, meat, and red fruit. Palate had more of the same with a mineral streak. Good acidity and medium tannins. The palate didn’t excite as much as the nose did, and a levet/jamet this is not, but for the price it’s a great bottle.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 7 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.