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 Vintage2016 Label 1 of 16 
TypeRed
ProducerEdmunds St. John (web)
VarietyGamay Noir
DesignationBone-Jolly
Vineyardn/a
CountryUSA
RegionCalifornia
SubRegionSierra Foothills
AppellationEl Dorado County
UPC Code(s)410001012009

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2018 and 2021 (based on 21 user opinions)

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 89 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by andtheodor on 5/26/2022 & rated 90 points: Lean, crunchy, fresh, joyful. Great sour cherry/raspberry perfume. (345 views)
 Tasted by JFW on 4/21/2020 & rated 86 points: Super light. Light-bodied. Low-alc. Sapper. Good with a slight chill. (420 views)
 Tasted by tak4 on 6/23/2019: No official note as we consumed later in the day. But quite nice and very good with the BBQ ribs. (651 views)
 Tasted by HandmadeHomemade on 2/18/2019: Needs a few days to come around. Lots of black fruits, crisp acidity, and old wood. Fruity and enjoyable. (734 views)
 Tasted by cab on 1/13/2019: Had this had Selden Standard. Very good. Very, very good. Mild tartness, elegant, lip-smacking Gamay. (743 views)
 Tasted by JKelly05 on 9/24/2018: tart red fruits, high acid, lifted floral notes, really nice wine for light fare. (722 views)
 Tasted by mikered on 5/13/2018 & rated 90 points: Sweet and tart cherries, skins and all, blackberry, really ripe strawberry and biscuit dough with white pepper, wet slate and roses on the nose. In the mouth it starts with a bowl of fresh crushed red and blue berries, mint iced tea with cranberry fruit leather, brambly spice and a hint of celery seed. Bright mouth watering acidity and soft powdery tannins.

A really pretty wine. (757 views)
 Tasted by JJKinch on 4/9/2018 & rated 90 points: Red fruit (cherry, cranberry), tart, slight spice, good acidity. Almost a slight effervescence. Really enjoyable. (465 views)
 Tasted by timewithwine on 8/9/2017: My first Bone-Jolly rosé was the 2013 vintage (opened in 2014). It did not appeal and I couldn’t see the reason for all the hype this wine gets. Now, three years on, it seemed appropriate to give this pop following another shot. Like the 2013, it’s a beauty in the glass; captivating pastel pink. While there is good balance of fruit and acidity - something the 2013 lacked - the fruit is watermelon and herbs with basil and arugula dominating. As much as I like basil, a biting, bitter finish is not something I seek in my wines. This isn’t a poorly made wine, but rather not my style of rosé. 12.7% alc. With chicken salad. Recommended with reservations. (51 views)

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By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Jul/Aug 2018, Issue #76, The Summer of 2018 North American Wines Neo-Classicists and Old School Producers
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Varietal character (Appellation America)

USA

American wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.

California

2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson

Sierra Foothills

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