2015 Edmunds St. John Rocks and Gravel

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  4/3/2024 - andtheodor wrote: 88 Points

  This bottle drank more like a Foillard Morgon than ESJ, for better or worse. Pomegranate and Serviceberry. Never found the next level though, even after a few days of bring open.

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  1/20/2023 - andtheodor wrote: 87 Points

  Buoyant and jubilant with a fresh crunchiness akin to Cru Beaujolais. Great aromatics but lacking a bit in texture and persistence, can't quite tell if this has the stuffing to go the distance and complete the transformation. 1/6

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  3/9/2022 - adnorthup wrote:

  5 hours in the decanter. Very light in mouthfeel, lots of blue fruit, sour cherry, good acid. Still a lot of tannins left here, even with all of the air. Love Edmunds St. John.

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  10/8/2021 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  It’s a multi-year goodbye to the last vintage of ESJ Rocks & Gravel. My last bottle prior to this one was a few years ago, and I would never have predicted this trajectory. Perhaps it’s still in a middle/developing phase, as it’s showing much more light bodied than expected. There’s some real elegance, with red fruit and subtle framing tannins. The dusty, earthy undercurrents have not developed yet, so I will stay hands off my remaining bottles. In several more years it will likely have more to say, though it will do so in a quiet, but firm voice.

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  2/11/2021 - melvinyeowq Likes this wine:

  47% Mourvedre, 39% Grenache, 14% Syrah but definitely could have fooled most people into thinking that it was a Pinot. Very transparent and aromatic wine, plenty of strawberry fruit and firm tannins but no tell-tale signs of sweetness or extraction from typical GSM blends. Beautifully balanced wine, and with time it put on weight and definition. Definitely can age further but why wait since it's so delicious now? One of the best discoveries that I've made so far.

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