1989 Cote Rotie
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Jamet's 1989 Cote Rotie remains incredibly bright and fresh, with red-berry fruit accented by bacon and roasted meat. Medium to full-bodied, it's silky and long, showing attractive hints of black tea on the finish. At peak, consider drinking any remaining bottles over the next 5-6 years. Jean-Paul compares this vintage to the 2018, making it an apt wine to try this year.
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From a scorching-hot year and compared to the 1999 and the 2009 by Jamet, the jaw-droppingly good 1989 Cote Rotie is more muscular and savory than the more sweetly fruited 1990. Offering up tons of asphalt, beef blood, smoked earth and spice, as well as a core of gamy Syrah fruit, it's fabulously textured, full-bodied, structured and has a killer finish. A big, bruiser style of Cote Rotie, it has another decade of prime drinking, and will hold for even longer.