John Taverner wrote:

> Cote Rotie, Jamet, 1999, bought by James in a wine shop in Croix Russe,
> Lyons.
> Stunning bright wine with no age, wonderful nose of tinned asparagus,
> menthol, celery. Fruit and spice and all in balance, cloves and so long,
> improved in glass and when tried at home 2 hours later (glass clingfilmed!),
> it was so gentle and perfumed. One of my best Rhones EVER.

You lucky dog, Young John! John Livingstone-Learmonth concurs on the
excellence of this effort by the Jamet boys in his latest treatise on
the N. Rhone (highly recommended, BTW). Now all I have to do is find
some of this ambrosia! ;-)

Mark Lipton