1996 Edmunds St. John

[mrdutton]

Drew what do you think? Couldn't this one qualify for your sleeper category........??

Here's another one, from France. Col de Vents, Corbieres (Appellation Corbieres Controlee) Red Table Wine, 1999. Mis en bouteille a la propriete. S.C.V. Castelmaure, France. 13% Alcohol. $8.99 a bottle.

According to my Larousse this region grows mainly Carignan and also some Syrah and Mourvedre.

Corbieres is part of the Midi, specifically Coteaux du Languedoc and is a few kilometers west of Montpellier.

My nose picks-up the fruit, but I just can't place it (not berries for sure, plums(?) maybe); the wine plays music in my mouth with the fruit and the acid and the tannin and a nice, pleasing, velvety finish that lasts and lasts and lasts.......... Plus there's a pleasing earthiness to this wine along with just a bit of oak.

And yes, you got me..... I'll stop complaining. Maybe!

We don't really need to always have the top 10 from WS to get some really good wines here. I just wish that Virginia Beach was a bit more cosmo and a bit less blue-collar in its attitudes. Then maybe we could get some of the stuff that WW, Foodie and Roberto, amongst others, are talking about all the time.