WTN: EdmundsStJohn Syrah Wylie-Fenaughty '03...(short/boring
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:39 am
Tried this last night after electrifying the kids at Pinon Grade School w/ my Van de Graaff:
1. EdmundsStJohn Syrah Wylie-Fenaughty/ElDoradoCnty (14.2%; www.EdmundsStJohn.com) Intuition&BlandLuck/Berkeley 2003: Med.dark color w/ slight bricking; rather earthy/dusty/ElDorado mushroomy slight pungent/licorice/funky some blackberry/earthy/Syrah slight Rhonish/coffee rather interesting nose; bit tart/angular somewhat earthy/dusty/mushroomy/ElDorado light blackberry/Syrah flavor w/ light tannins; med.long tart/angular slight tannic somewhat earthy/dusty/mushroomy/ElDorado light blackberry/Syrah slight Rhonish/coffee/smokey/pungent finish; not a lot of bright fruit but speaks strongly of ElDoradoCnty Syrah; some like a Rhone/Cornas/rustic; some like a Languedoc Syrah w/o the hard/gritty tannins; quite an interesting/atypical Syrah that I'm not sure will get a whole lot better.
Tom
1. EdmundsStJohn Syrah Wylie-Fenaughty/ElDoradoCnty (14.2%; www.EdmundsStJohn.com) Intuition&BlandLuck/Berkeley 2003: Med.dark color w/ slight bricking; rather earthy/dusty/ElDorado mushroomy slight pungent/licorice/funky some blackberry/earthy/Syrah slight Rhonish/coffee rather interesting nose; bit tart/angular somewhat earthy/dusty/mushroomy/ElDorado light blackberry/Syrah flavor w/ light tannins; med.long tart/angular slight tannic somewhat earthy/dusty/mushroomy/ElDorado light blackberry/Syrah slight Rhonish/coffee/smokey/pungent finish; not a lot of bright fruit but speaks strongly of ElDoradoCnty Syrah; some like a Rhone/Cornas/rustic; some like a Languedoc Syrah w/o the hard/gritty tannins; quite an interesting/atypical Syrah that I'm not sure will get a whole lot better.
Tom