2011 Edmunds St. John Syrah Fenaughty

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  11/30/2023 - VDLT Wine Likes this wine:

  We enjoyed this but perhaps waited too long to open. Often smelling more like a very aged Bordeaux and the acidity was too juicy. The fruit was nice but I wanted a more cohesive expression.

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  9/21/2020 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  I am sitting by a smoky campfire, after a long ride into the backcountry. Leather and earth scents are everywhere, and the smell of roasted meat rises up from near the fire. There’s a berry cobbler simmering in a cast iron dutch oven, and a cool breeze floats through the trees. Peace.

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  7/1/2019 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  The slow evolution continues for this bottling. Smoky, meaty aromatics blend with dark black fruit, just barely starting to unfurl into a more complex, developed wine. Maybe another 3-5 years for this to really come into its own, but the path is clear.

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  3/6/2016 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 92 Points

  Takes a bit of air to open but, but these aromas are rocking, black cherries, blueberries, summer plums, and a hefty dose of barbecue sauce, black pepper and rich earth. Medium-bodied at around 13% alcohol, light-dusty tannic structure but they’re smooth around the edges, and the acidity keeps the wine refreshing. The plum, red cherry and blueberry fruit is juicy but tastes crunchy and crisp. I’m really liking the flavors of black pepper glaze, roasted red pepper, hickory smoke and an underlying sense of earth, rocks and minerals. Showing well, but still a bit young. On day two, the aromas were so much more open and exotic, more deep floral spice and complex olive tapenade and roasted pepper. I love everything this producer does, and this Fenaughty vineyard fruit is quite special. Despite the freshness, this will be a lot better in a few years.

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  12/8/2014 - Socrates Likes this wine:

  Primary notes of raspberry, rhubarb, cherry and hay with veins of game and olive. Pretty acidic structure and silky soft tannins but needs time to meld. 3 hours open makes a world of difference.
  
  Shows some flinty minerality after 4-5,hours. Feels almost old world

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