Domaine Jasmin
Overview
Domaine Jasmin produces wines of great refinement and clear fruit from 11 plots in Côte-Rôtie. JLL has always considered their style Burgundian. The Côte-Rôtie includes 5% Viognier (stretched to over 8% in 2023 due to high Viognier yield). Run by Patrick and Arlette Jasmin in Ampuis; daughter Coraline (wine correspondence course at Dijon) conducted the 2024 vintage alongside Patrick, while elder sister Elodie handles the commercial side.
Appellations
Key Wines
- La Giroflarie — the regular Côte-Rôtie (since 2015, named after the old name for the Côte Baudin). The 2020 was a knockout 5-star wine — a triumph given Patrick’s sudden ill health at harvest time during lockdown. The 2021 and 2024 both rated 4-5 stars
- Oléa — top-of-the-range production introduced in 2015 (named after a jasmin flower). Patrick’s selection of the best casks, more new oak and 10 months longer raising than La Giroflarie. Top years can live 25+ years
- La Chevalière — Syrah vin de pays from 1.5 ha of plain and high vineyards. A cracking wine issued every year; 2014, 2016, 2018 all “w.o.w.” wines
Total destemming since 1996. Patrick abandoned the immerged cap process (used for four generations) after 2009, now favoring pump-overs with light cap punching. Malos are allowed to take their time (no cellar heating). Patrick receives advice from Jean-Baptiste Souillard (ex-Colombo oenology cabinet).
Style Notes
Burgundian refinement with clear fruit. In the late 1990s and early 2000s the wines were made for drinking within 10 years, but this has changed — the wines now have more solid structure and benefit from patient cellaring once more. The style is elegant rather than powerful.
My Tastings
Key Wines & Vintage Notes (JLL / drinkRhone.com)
Cote-Rotie La Giroflarie
The regular Cote-Rotie (named since 2015 after old name for Cote Baudin). 5% Viognier. JLL considers the style Burgundian.
| Vintage | Rating | Drinking Window | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 2049-51 | Lead pencil, clarity, flowers, violets; “sure” |
| 2023 | ★★★★–★★★★(★) | 2049-52 | Wide, hearty, dark fruits, prune, chocolate; multiple cask tastings |
| 2022 | ★★★★–★★★★(★) | 2049-53 | Red fruit, depth, mystery, iron, sandiness |
| 2021 | ★★★★ | 2046-49 | Gentle floral hover, violets, cherry, plums; calmly together |
| 2020 | ★★★★(★) | 2047-51 | ”Knockout five-star wine”; smoke, bacon, mulberry, raspberry |
| 2019 | ★★★★(★) | 2045-52 | Broad, filled, layers of crushed fruits; southern basket of ripeness |
| 2018 | ★★★★ / ★★★(★) | 2044-49 | Stylish, cool, calm; rose airs, black fruits, blueberry, licorice |
Cote-Rotie Olea
Top selection; more new oak, 10 months longer raising than La Giroflarie.
| Vintage | Rating | Drinking Window | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ★★★(★)–★★★★ | 2048-52 | Potentially stylish; oak on cherry, liqueur fruit |
| 2020 | — | 2049-51 | Oak across the nose; sustained red fruits, herbs |
| 2018 | ★★★★ / ★★★(★) | 2043-49 | Evolving; cooked plums, spicing, pine; interesting development |
IGP Collines Rhodaniennes La Chevaliere Syrah
Great value from 1.5 ha plain and high vineyards.
| Vintage | Rating | Drinking Window | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 2034-36 | ”Really pretty, a field of violets and red fruits” |
| 2023 | — | 2033-34 | Bacon fat, raspberry, dampness; sandiness |
| 2021 | ★★★★ | 2028-30 | ”Bounds out well on perfume, spicing, rose petal”; very genuine |
| 2018 | — | 2025-26 | Clean cut, fresh; blackberry, licorice, inviting fruit |
Vintage Assessments (JLL Vintage Reports)
2024 Cote-Rotie: Patrick Jasmin: “2024 is lively, the degree 12.4-12.5 — I didn’t want to chaptalize it. It’s balanced, and the wines are digestible, can be drunk quite soon, even before 2022.” Only eight treatments needed. Coulure, not mildew, was the main crop reducer — loose bunches from flowers not converting to fruit. The vineyard is now half organic. Started harvest September 17 (same date as 2023).
Sources
sources/articles/JLL/Patrick_Jasmin.txt— JLL / drinkRhone.com producer profilesources/articles/JLL/rhone_wines_data.json— Wine-by-wine vintage notes (JLL / drinkRhone.com)sources/articles/JLL/rhone_vintage_reports.json— JLL vintage reports 2022-2024