I have been consistently impressed by the quality, complexity, and joy that the wines of Edmunds St. John provide. The 1992 Syrah Grand Heritage sounds to me like a play on the southern hemisphere's greatest dry red wine, the Grange Hermitage from Australia's Penfold's winery. The Grand Heritage offers a huge, smoky, bacon fat and cassis-scented nose, massively rich, super-concentrated flavors, commendable purity, and an unctuous texture. It can give the Grange Hermitage, as well as a great Hermitage from the Rhone Valley plenty of competition. This immensely impressive, super-rich wine is accessible enough to be drunk now, but concentrated and balanced enough to last for 15+ years.