Jamet, Cote Rotie 2000

Dullish red.

Expressive aromas of bacon fat/breakfast sausage/smoked ham, earth, grilled asparagus/wilted spinach. Smells killer. No fruit in sight.

Round, suave, middle-weight in the mouth. Great, smoky herb/meat flavor just flows through everything. Acid constriction is the mild structural force here. Long.

Much better than I expected from a 2000.

Day 3 - Funny, this is more bound up on the nose. Iron and smoke. Round and plush in the mouth. Smoky herb action flows through it all. No fat in the mid-palate or finish. I'd give this only a few more years. Drink by 2011.


$50 on release.