Like the 2004 there is a lots of bright red fruit on the nose and palate but it sits alongside the sort of wildness that comes from a laissez-faire approach to winemaking.The tannins are robust but fine, framing the peppery, floral berry notes but never intruding…
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Sep
07
Tasting Rhone 2009 – Day 1 Northern Rhone
By Camilla Bowler
2009 was a rather good vintage in a certain south west corner of France. Rumour has it that it has been pretty good in other French wine-growing regions too! We were therefore more than usually excited this year to be off to the Rhone to taste the 2009s.
First stop was Cote Rotie. At Domaine Jamet, Jean-Paul was on good form, as he …