1996 Edmunds St. John

[mrdutton]

See my RANT in TALK TO YOUR MODERATORS.....


Edmunds St. John, Les Cotes Sauvages "Fin de Siecle" 1996. California Red Table Wine.

Produced and bottled by Edmunds St. John, 4059 Emery Street, Emeryville, CA 94608 (510) 654-1230

Back label says - In 1987 a wine grower from a venerable domaine in Southern France visited our cellar, and tasted a number of wines from the harvest just past. When he came to the one from my favorite vineyard his response was dramatic; he raised his nose from the glass, slowly rolling his eyes upward in reverie, he sighed, and whispered, "la terre parle". If I have done my job well, when you taste this wine you mabe be similarly affected; this is a voice one longs to hear. As a winemaker, for me there is no other voice. Steve Edmunds

Well when I popped the cork the bottle had been horizontal for a few weeks. The drek on the bottom of the cork kinda gave me the clue that this stuff was either from the bottom of the barrel or was unfiltered. So I recorked it, set it up-right for 36 hours and decanted it. I then rinsed out the bottle, repoured the wine, recorked the bottle and chilled it to about 60 to 65 degrees.

Popped the cork AGAIN, poured and yo.... yes the earth spoke! Nice fruit, nice acid and some good tannin to back it all up, and a bit of velvet in the mouth. Alcohol at 14.5% but the wine was not hot, to me.

For $7.99 a bottle, I am glad I found this stuff. Now I just gotta see if the shop has any more of it!

Anyone else ever had this stuff? Comments would be appreciated.

[This message has been edited by mrdutton (edited 12-02-2000).]