Jamet Côte-Rôtie 2013

96 points La Revue du Vin de France: "A lovely, ripe, spicy definition. Its freshness comes from a note of graphite, which gives it depth. Its complexity is brought out by a lardy-smoky touch and a hint of sweet spice. The palate is full-bodied and fleshy, with a lovely roundness. (2017)"

96 points Wine Enthusiast: "Four years after bottling, this vibrant, peppery red is still taut, begging for time to allow its fruit and earthen complexities to meld. Pristine black-cherry and plum flavors penetrate deeply on the palate, shaded by whispers of smoke, violet, tar and leather. It's powerful, complex wine that's yet to see its peak. Hold till 2020 at least, but it's likely to improve for another decade still. Alcohol 13%. (Mar 2018)"

94 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The Jamet brothers, Jean-Luc and Jean-Paul, decided to go their separate ways in the 2013 vintage, creating two distinct estates by splitting the family’s vineyard production. They had worked side by side since the late 1980s and co-directed the family property since their father’s retirement in 1991. Brother Jean-Paul has stayed on at the family cellars, being joined by his wife, Corinne and their son, Loïc. Their 2013 Côte-Rôtie from this side of the Jamet family remains a blend for a wide variety of different lieux à dits and comes in at a nicely classic thirteen percent octane. In fact, and the wine is utterly classic on both the nose and palate, with the superb bouquet jumping from the glass in a complex blend of red and black raspberries, pepper, spiced meats, a lovely base of soil, black olives, woodsmoke and a topnote of violets. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, focused and very transparent down to the soil, with a fine core of fruit, firm, suave tannins, tangy acids and excellent balance and grip on the nascently complex and very promising finish. This is not an overly powerful style of Côte-Rôtie, but one that is rock solid, very soil-driven and balanced to age very long and gracefully. Fine, fine juice. 2023-2065. (Sep/Oct 2016)"

94 points Josh Raynolds (Vinous): "Inky ruby. A vibrant spice- and mineral-accented bouquet evokes ripe black raspberry and blueberry, candied flowers, incense and peppery spices. Sweet, palate-staining red and blue fruit compote and violet pastille flavors are complicated by notes of cracked pepper and bitter chocolate, with a spicecake nuance gaining strength in the glass. Velvety, pliant tannins add gentle grip to a strikingly long and incisive finish that strongly repeats the floral and mineral notes. Drink: 2021-2029. (Mar 2016)"

94 points James Suckling: "With dark spices and stones, this is quite savory and has some cocoa powder, orange zest, graphite and less pepper and spices; it sits more in the earthy and stony spectrum. The palate's a very smooth, elegant and contained impression, showing fine, supple and velvet-like texture, sweet fruit, great depth and finally a pristine plum and dark-cherry-stone finish. Very fine now, but this has the pedigree for 15+ years. (10/28/16)"

94 points Falstaff Guide: "Pepper, liquorice, violets, almost Burgundy-like berries, juicy flow, very fine-grained and mineral underpinnings, seamlessly integrated acidity, mineral texture, not extremely dense but still distinctive and embodying its AOC with grace, on the finish the fine tannin increases to light graininess. (9/8/16)"