Côte du Rhône Équivoque 2016

DOMAINE JAMET

Côte du Rhône Équivoque
2016

Product code
818329
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
Open
Status
Unavailable
Type of product
Still wine
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Rhône Valley
Subregion
Southern Rhône
Varietal(s)
Syrah 100 %
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
Producer's website

About this winery

Located high above the town of Ampuis and the Rhône River, Domaine Jamet produces tiny quantities of stunning Côte-Rôtie. The estate was founded in the 1950’s by Joseph Jamet and he began domaine bottling in 1976. In 1991 his son’s Jean-Luc and Jean-Paul took charge of the business slowly acquiring small parcels to expand the estate. Jean-Luc left in 2013 and today Jean-Paul and his wife Corrine run 7 hectares of beautiful vineyards. The estate is spread across 16 different lieux-dits...

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Product notes

Plots of Côtes du Rhône appellation that border the Côte Rôtie appellation.

Production notes

The grapes were 80% de-stemmed and macerated for approximately 20 days. The wine was then aged for twenty-two months in barrels.

Tasting notes

Equivoque is the name of the new cuvée from the Domaine Jamet. On the intersection of two appellations, this wine is the outcome of a reflection in the hillsides of the terroir. From plots with high qualitative expression, Equivoque was first vintage was bottled in 2015.

Press reviews

Decanter

- 94 points -

October 2020 (Vintage 2019)

Whole bunch element is deeply buried in the beautiful fruit purity alongside black pepper and smoke. Very fine graphite tannins, good acidity, slightly raised alcohol, but such a great wine. Real depth and power from these schistous vineyards. Two parcels next to Cognet and Tartaras. 100% whole bunch. Two years élevage, 5% new oak.

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Decanter

- 92 points -

September 2019

Medium-bodied, very fresh, no over-ripeness. Structured, saline, plenty of thrust and direction, with a saline, snappy, fairly dry tannins. Edgy - needs time. Not made in every vintage. Grown just outside lieu-dit Tartaras and lieu-dit Germine. Whole bunch fermented, aged in 2-year-old barrels.

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Jeb Dunnuck

90-92 Points

February 2022 (Vintage 2019)

Leading off the 2019s, the Côtes Du Rhône Equivoque comes from vines bordering Côte Rôtie. Another gem of a wine, it offers ripe berry fruit, lots of pepper and floral notes, a round, medium to full bodied mouthfeel, and a great finish. It shows the ripeness of the vintage, but it’s balanced and already hard to resist.

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