Domaine Jamet

One look at the steeply perched, ancient terroirs of Northern Rhône’s Côte-Rôtie is enough to understand why farming them is a badge of honor, yet the Jamet family is fortunate enough to own 7 hectares among 20 of the appellation’s most superb parcels in 15 lieux-dits. Joseph Jamet started the domaine in 1950 with only a third of a hectare in the Côte Brune. Like many of his neighbors, his land had been planted to peach and apricot orchards, as they were easier to farm than the steep vineyard terraces of Côte-Rôtie. Over the years, however, Joseph began to acquire more vineyard parcels throughout the appellation, clearing and replanting several of them himself. Today, his son Jean-Paul and Jean-Paul’s wife, Corinne, run the domaine and have made vast improvements to the estate by instigating soil studies and installing gravity-fed systems into their winery. The intense character of this Domaines wines comes from vines planted in 25 separate vineyards on the Cote Blonde and Cote Brune. Jamet is a beefy, animalistic, masculine, structured, peppery and powerful style of Côte-Rôtie that ages well and develops complexity with time. Domaine Jamet wines are allocation-only. Please contact us to discuss availability.