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Community Tasting Notes 43
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isaacjamesbaker wrote: 91 points
January 25, 2020 - Blind tasting with buds (Washington, DC): It has some tomato paste and saucy mushrooms on the nose, with juicy plums and mulled black cherries. Plush texture, dusty tannins, fresh acidity. I get saucy plums with smoky, tar, roasted meat elements, anise and clove and pepper. Aged well, but still going. Tasted blind, I guessed a 2001 Southern Rhone GSM.
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Tudz Drkl wrote:
March 20, 2015 - It seems like we waited too long on this.
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slanum wrote:
March 18, 2013 - Gee--I have nothing to add or subtract from my 2/19/2011 note, which shocks me. While I certainly can't recall how this wine tasted two years ago I'd use the same descriptors right now as I did in the prior note.
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corka wrote: 88 points
December 15, 2012 - A strong aroma of smoke on the nose with black licorice, deep dark hues of purple, medium body, and a nicely balanced flavor profile of dark fruits and tannins that shows this wine could still age for years to come.
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MikeCW wrote: 83 points
March 30, 2012 - This tasted surprisingly overripe to me. Perhaps it was cooked as I have never really experienced this in Edmund St. John wines. Drinkable but disappointing to me.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
The Rhone Rangers of California, Issue #2, 1/11/2009 (link)(Edmunds St. John Rocks and Gravel) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Josh Raynolds
May/June 2008, IWC Issue #138 (link)(Edmunds St. John Rocks and Gravel Red Wine California) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Library TV
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By Gary Vaynerchuk
New Years Resolution: Drink Value, Episode #602, 12/31/2008 (link) 88+ points(Edmunds St. John Rocks & Gravel) #3; COLOR-medium; NOSE-strawberry juice; some raisin action; little hint of black pepper & basil action; earthy; TASTE-good fruit; nice bitter back-end tannins; I like the freshness of the strawberries; a little hollow in the mid-palate transition, but good fruit on the back-end; good brightness; nice floral characteristic that I like; and really nice sharp, bitter dark chocolate tannins on the back-end; nice strawberries & pepper; bright & solid, but a little hollow on the mid-palate ; JR-91; GV-88+
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By Richard Jennings
8/19/2008 (link) 91 points(Edmunds St. John Rocks and Gravel) Medium red violet color with pale meniscus; cherry, charcoal and spice nose, like a good Cotes du Rhone; good tart cherry, red fruit, spicy plum and charcoal palate with a hint of bramble and good acidity; medium finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type Red
- Producer Edmunds St. John
- Varietal Red Rhone Blend
- Designation Rocks and Gravel
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation California
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1 (0%)
- In Cellars 44 (18%)
- Consumed 203 (82%)
Food Pairing
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- DesignationRocks and Gravel
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- RegionCalifornia
- AppellationCalifornia
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