Edmunds St. John Les Cotes Sauvages, California, USA

埃德蒙茨野生號(hào)干紅葡萄酒

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This winery has always done a terrific job with Mediterranean-styled Rhone Ranger blends, so no one should be surprised by the enthusiastic review that follows. The 1994 Les Cotes Sauvages (42% Mourvedre, 17% Grenache, 17% Cinsault, 16% Syrah, and 8% Carignane) exhibits an attractive, earthy, raspberry, and spicy nose, structured but round, rich flavors, medium body, a certain austerity, fine purity, and a lot of character. It should drink well for another 5-6 years. Tel. (510) 654-1230

Edmunds St. John's 1993 Les Cotes Sauvages is lighter than past vintages, but it could easily be mistaken for a juicy, savory, spicy, red and black fruit-scented and flavored Cotes du Rhone. Supple and medium-bodied, with an easy going, Mediterranean/Provencal character, it should be drunk over the next 1-3 years.Steve Edmunds continues to fashion some of the most interesting, flavorful, and potentially long-lived Rhone Ranger blends.Tel. (510) 654-1230

The Rhone Ranger 1992 Cotes de Sauvage exhibits copious quantities of ripe black fruits, pepper and spice, full body, and a silky smooth, hedonistic finish. Already delicious, it possesses the requisite depth and balance to age gracefully for 5-8 years. One of my favorite producers, Edmunds St.-John can be relied on to turn out gorgeously rich, personality-filled wines that are a treat to taste and drink.Tel. (510) 654-1230.

The 1991 Les Cotes Sauvages, a blend of grapes such as Syrah, Mourvedre, and Grenache, is the California version of a French Chateauneuf du Pape. It exhibits a big, peppery, spicy, black fruit-scented bouquet, chewy, deep, concentrated flavors, full body, and excellent purity and focus. Drink it over the next decade. It will make delicious drinking over the next 1-3 years.Of the group of California wineries dedicated to producing wines from grapes that have been made famous by France's Rhone Valley, Edmunds St. John may be its finest practitioner. The wines exhibit exceptional winemaking talent, a sense of balance and grace, and considerable pleasure and character. All of the current and forthcoming red wine releases merit serious interest. The wines, all fashioned after France's great Rhone Valley reds, are rich, exuberant, full-bodied wines loaded with ripe fruit. Even the less expensive offerings are successful.

Of the group of California wineries dedicated to producing wines from grapes that have been made famous by France's Rhone Valley, Edmunds St. John may be its finest practitioner. The wines exhibit exceptional winemaking talent, a sense of balance and grace, and considerable pleasure and character. All of the current and forthcoming red wine releases merit serious interest. The wines, all fashioned after France's great Rhone Valley reds, are rich, exuberant, full-bodied wines loaded with ripe fruit. Even the less expensive offerings are successful. They include a N.V. Les Cotes Sauvages-Cuvee Wahluke (a 1990 with Washington state Grenache in the blend, hence the official "non-vintage" status).