2005 Edmunds St. John Syrah Parmelee-Hill

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 89.4 points

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  3/27/2024 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  Happy retirement Steve!
  
  This wine will outlive both of us, and I am a lot younger than you. It’s only now starting to maybe consider thinking about possibly, perhaps at some point turning the corner toward potentially maturing. There’s still so much dark fruit, but it’s not thick or glossy. Instead it’s dryly sweet, and showing just a touch of a creamy edge that creates a mid-palate richness that maybe, sort of, might just remind me of some of those Durell Syrahs that had so much depth and character. This wine isn’t there yet, and zi have no idea if or when it ever will be, but there’s a ton of potential that I can only hope I live long enough to see fulfilled.

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  10/30/2023 - cweiss Does not like this wine:

  My third and last bottle, and still too much Chericol to make it pleasurable. Love Steve Edmunds, generally like his wines a lot, but not this one.

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  5/19/2022 - MLipton wrote:

  To my mind, a totally mature Syrah: smooth tannins, green olive and licorice in the nose, medium body with balancing acidity. For me, there is no reason to wait unless you want geriatric wine.

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  10/23/2020 - cweiss Does not like this wine:

  I think this was mildly corked, but even despite that there was an unappealing cough syrup quality, also noted in a previous sound bottle years ago. I'm generally a big ESJ fan.

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  6/6/2020 - blanquito wrote:

  Going strong. Lavender, sweet tarts, blueberries, blackberry zinger tea with some savory and saison notes. Delightful, mature, silky, quite bright. Not much complexity, but otherwise excellent.

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