Jean-Luc routinely treats his Cotes-du-Rhone wines with the same respect and attention to detail he gives to his top crus, and that is apparent in this Les Forots from the northern Rhone, near St. Joseph. It is 100 percent syrah and exhibits darker fruit aromas and a bit more richness than the JLC Les Abeilles Cotes-du-Rhone from the south. Both are exceptional, but so very different.
Jean-Luc Colombo, Cotes-du-Rhone (France) 2010
By Robert Whitley