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2019 Domaine Jamet Côte-Rôtie - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie (11/20/2022)
If the 2018 (which I called the wine of the vintage) was any indication of the insane quality that Domaine Jamet is hitting these days, then the 2019 seals the deal. This is even better than the 2018! What a splendid bottle of wine. The nose is unequivocally Côte-Rôtie syrah. Intensely dark purple in hue, the colour belies what an elegant and light wine this is. The nose is intensely fruity, with a distinct black raspberry note on top of some seriously intense olive brine aromas (which get more and more intense with air). The palate is extremely lithe and elegant for the reputation of the vintage, and in fact acidity plays a strong role here, keeping all the ripe fruit, smoke, meat, and olive in check. Obviously young and somewhat coarse tannins, but there's so much material and stuffing here that's of no concern. This is everything you would want in a syrah, and then some -- it's just missing the bottle age. I loaded up heavily here, and wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger on even more bottles; I'm that excited about what the future holds in store for this. A magnificent effort by the master of Côte-Rôtie. (95 points)
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Thnx Adrian, sounds really good. I find the Jamet really needs extended bottle ageing, the older bottles are just amazing.
My allocation is 3 bottles of the Cote Rotie and 1 bottle of the Cote Brune
brodie
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Fully agree… I also loaded heavily on the 2019 …whathever I can find 
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Absolutely – the best bottles are ones with age. But it does no harm to check in on the new releases. After all, I need to figure out whether I want just a case, or multiple!
Can grab a few of these for 125 euros a piece…
Still a lot of money.
As a guy new to the world of Cote Rotie, I’ve been buying a few producers’ recent vintages, and an even smaller group with bottle age (they’re just really hard to find). I bought one 19 Jamet, so I’m glad to know it’s great. There was a lot of talk in another thread about how the wine making changed (or didn’t) after 2013. If I beat the bushes for Jamets before then, will it be a different experience than the evolution of the 19?
The recent wines are cleaner and don’t have the same rustic, feral edge that the older ones can. I expect the newer ones to be more consistent though and do not think that the overall quality of the wines has decreased at all.
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It’s still a reasonable price, given that there are many lesser wines made in that appellation that sell for (a lot) more money.
I don’t know if 2013 was a change in winemaking. The Jamet family split the Domaine in 2013, but the winemaking has remained, at least to me, pretty consistent. The 2014 is, to me, a very pure expression of Cote Rotie that I bought more of upon having a bottle about 6 months back. The 2013 is a very odd wine, but I’m also told that due to the Domaine split it saw a lot more new oak than is typical.
I think it’s a bit tough to predict how they will age in comparison to older vintages - I’m just not sure how the 2018s will compare to, say, the 1998 or 1999 (which are spectacular Jamets). But from what I’ve had of younger vintages (recently, the 14 and an an 08 Brune), they remain some of the best Cote Roties made.
Personally, Jamet is one of three Cote Rotie producers I buy every vintage, so I have no hesitation. I agree with Adrian generally that the wines have gotten a bit cleaner, but I think that’s true of the entire region generally - all producers now have newer cleaner cellars and the warmer vintages likely contribute a bit as well. I do not necessarily see that as a negative though.
I also agree with Adrian that given all the other options in Cote Rotie that are similarly priced (Chapoutier, Ogier, Rostaing, Gangloff and Guigal) these continue to be a good value despite the absolute price in question. The Cote Brune is, to me, one of the reference wines of the entire appellation.
Out of pure curiosity. Who is the other two?
Levet and Gerard
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I think you’re just biased. 
You’re just objectively wrong, Adrian. [insert cravat emoji]
Seems like an outstanding price! I just paid $155 and thought it was decent.
Thanks for the early check in post ASo