Jean-Luc Jamet, Cotes-du-Rhone, 2012 overlooked us regions Walter Channing acquired the Bridgehampton

Walter Channing acquired the Bridgehampton property in 1979 and planted first vines in 1982—among the first Chardonnay in the area

structured reds

Instead of jammy and boozy

The Solari family's organic farming and careful cellar work result in a wine worthy of the legendary name it bears

Jean-Luc Jamet, Cotes-du-Rhone, 2012 overlooked us regions Walter Channing acquired the BridgehamptonJean Luc Jamet's Cotes du Rhone, 100% Syrah off the granite hillsides flanking Cote Rotie, from the 2012 vintage. This is the everyday Syrah from one of the Northern Rhone's best kept secrets: fresh, floral and crunchy, picked on the earlier side and fermented with wild yeasts. Jamet draws even this modest appellation from the legendary family vines, and would soon break out to found his own domaine. A decade plus on, the fruit has mellowed into a