1994 Edmunds St. John Syrah Durell Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (21) Avg Score: 90.9 points

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  4/2/2023 - VinoGeeko Likes this wine: 95 Points

  had a couple years ago, and I've been hunting for similar ever since. Alas, I'm afraid that climate change precludes California from making these anymore.

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  1/17/2019 - MartyL Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Really nice old-worldish Syrah drinking beautifully at age 25. Savory aromatics (meat, olives) and a core of black fruit. Lovely medium weight palate presence. The tannins are mostly resolved but this doesn't come across as "old wine" and still has a dark personality. Seems to me there's no danger of decline any time soon. Drink and hold, as they say. Bravo Steve Edmunds.

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  10/17/2017 - chcook Likes this wine:

  Brief note. cork perfect. dark color. this is totally resolved and drinking beautifully. not a rough edge and the syrah fruit w secondaries shine. in a perfect spot but i think will hold a bit longer. Steve Edmunds really got it right here.

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  5/30/2017 - MLipton wrote:

  Consumed with venison last night. Very Syrah in its dark berry fruit profile, yet with a distinct California character to the fruit. A little of licorice is thrown in, but the overall profile is that of a still-young and vibrant Syrah just barely showing some secondary development. I'm fairly confident that this wine is fully capable of outliving me, but I have no intention of giving it that chance :)

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  3/30/2017 - CMN wrote:

  Seemed a bit dead on opening, but after 20m or so it blossomed into a nice light-bodied wine that was almost Burg-like. My guess is that it probably peaked 5 or more years before. Drink now.

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