2009 Edmunds St. John Syrah Wylie

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 88.1 points

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  12/5/2023 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  I had opened a bottle from another producer that was corked, so this was a last minute stand-in that received no air/decanting - purely pop and pour. It took maybe 30 minutes, but this blossomed into a mature Syrah with high-toned black cherry fruit, and subtle underlying brushy/smoky elements. Structure largely resolved. Not the most complex ESJ Syrah, but perhaps that's a function of the Wylie fruit standing alone without its Fenaughty partner. Feels like a drink now/soon wine, and given that it was bottled under DIAM5 I'll definitely try to do so. No sign that the closure is an issue, but not planning to press my luck.

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  10/3/2022 - cweiss Does not like this wine:

  I'm a big ESJ fan and I wondered if my first was a bad bottle. This, my second, is simply undrinkable. Not corked or oxidized or too acidic or overly tannic, nor obviously spoiled in any other way. I fear my other two will be no better.

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  5/16/2022 - cweiss wrote:

  Didn't really care for it. Bad bottle?

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  11/25/2016 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  Very early days for this wine, and so it's only showing a hint of what it has in store. There's still a core of deep blackberry fruit, and it's buttressed by firm tannins and an emerging element of warm leather and herb that barely peeks through the fruit. Tons of sediment in this wine, so be careful when pouring. Best advice at this point is the wait 5-7 more years, to give some chance for development.

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  4/26/2016 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  It's been a few years since I last checked in on this bottling. My prior two experiences had indicated the wine was shutting down. Now, nearly 4 years later it has not completely opened back up, but there are glimpses. The black fruit and more sauvage elements that were there at the beginning are still present, but now joined by a touch of warm herbs and some mid-palate textural development that always seems to precede maturity in Steve's Syrah-based wines. As the evening went on the wine closed in more, so I will be waiting another 3-5 years before opening another bottle. (OK, impatience will likely get the best of me in another year or two.)
  
  It's worth noting that this wine is bottled under a DIAM closure, and so far it is developing exactly as I would expect for an ESJ Syrah.

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