Cracked these two from the archives last night:
1. EdmundsStJohn Syrah DurellVnyd/SonomaVlly (13.6%) Emeryville 1993: Dark color w/ some browning; slightly musty/funky/aged fairly tired slight blackberry/Syrah old Rhone nose; rather soft fairly metallic rather tired/aged some dried-out slight blackberry/Syrah flavor w/ light astringent tannins; pretty tired & dried out & not much left.
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2. EdmundsStJohn Syrah DurellVnyd/SonomaVlly (13.6%) Emeryville 1994: Med.dark color w/ some browning; some cedary/pencilly/oldRed some spicy/blackberry/Syrah rather oldRhonish still alive nose; bit soft somewhat fresher some Syrah/blackberry/spicy some pencilly/toasty/oak some complex flavor w/ light gentle tannins; long lightly spicy/blackberry finish that tracks flavor w/ light smooth tannins; still clinging to life but has lost most of its intensity and more of intellectual than sensory interest.
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More durrafittle from TheBloodyPulpit:
1. Steve started making his wine in a little bldg he converted to a wnry down in the West Berkeley bottoms, just off 5'th St on Camelia St as I recall. Several small wineries have been in that space since then. Lusu Cllrs is the current occupent I believe.
His next wnry location was down in Emeryville just behind the Oaks Card Shop on SanPabloAve. This is where I first met Steve when I visited him there. I don't think he was there more than a few yrs. He's been sort of an itinerant winemakers since then. He is now, of course, retired & fading into the sunset, never to be heard from again!!
Tom