'87 Edmunds St. John Fleurs du Chaparral

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Mike Klein

Mike Klein
Think of '70s Mayacamas cab with a dash of Barral Faugeres and a splash of Tempier and you've just about got this wine. This was so youthful, I'd have guessed late 90s rather than '87 and still quite structured. I can say with absolute confidence that I've never had a Cabernet/Carignane/Mourvedre Napa mountain (Mayacamas Range indicated on the label) wine before. The really cool thing is that if you look for it, this was really site expressive. The "Mayacamas-ness" was absolutely there. Steve, if you're out there, you really built them to last. And last they did.
 
originally posted by Mike Klein:
'87 Edmunds St. John Fleurs du ChaparralThink of '70s Mayacamas cab with a dash of Barral Faugeres and a splash of Tempier and you've just about got this wine. This was so youthful, I'd have guessed late 90s rather than '87 and still quite structured. I can say with absolute confidence that I've never had a Cabernet/Carignane/Mourvedre Napa mountain (Mayacamas Range indicated on the label) wine before. The really cool thing is that if you look for it, this was really site expressive. The "Mayacamas-ness" was absolutely there. Steve, if you're out there, you really built them to last. And last they did.
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Mike; I wish I still had some bottles of that wine. It's mainly (80%) Mourvedre from the Brandlin Ranch (Mt. Veeder), and Carignan (14%) also from Brandlin, and the Cabernet Sauvignon is from the Leaky Lake Vineyard, on the South end of Spring Mountain. Very high-powered stuff, and likely to go a long, long time.

I made a pure Mourvedre from Brandlin in '86, and had my last bottle of it about four years ago. It was truly lovely, but ever so slightly tired, though I'd guess it's still a great pleasure to drink. The sulfur levels in that wine were extremely low. The '87 was a bit more powerful, and the sulfur was adjusted a bit higher, and the difference is quite striking.

Nice to hear it's still a pleasing wine.
 
Steve:

You will have a bottle when you PM me a mailing address. Many thanks for this one and lots of others. I wouldn't have guessed such a high percentage of mourvedre but the earthy/leathery quality was certainly there. The old school Napa mountain fruit character is what really stood out for me. Echoed older Mayacamas, Togni and Mt. Veeder wines I drank in the late 80s/early 90s.
 
originally posted by Mike Klein:
Steve:

You will have a bottle when you PM me a mailing address.
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When you are finished teleporting Steve his bottle, I would like to borrow your teleporter. Regular old UPS never provides me with that kind of instantaneous service.
 
originally posted by Mike Klein:
Steve:

You will have a bottle when you PM me a mailing address. Many thanks for this one and lots of others. I wouldn't have guessed such a high percentage of mourvedre but the earthy/leathery quality was certainly there. The old school Napa mountain fruit character is what really stood out for me. Echoed older Mayacamas, Togni and Mt. Veeder wines I drank in the late 80s/early 90s.
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Are you listed as Michael K?
 
originally posted by Steve Edmunds:
originally posted by Mike Klein:
Steve:

You will have a bottle when you PM me a mailing address. Many thanks for this one and lots of others. I wouldn't have guessed such a high percentage of mourvedre but the earthy/leathery quality was certainly there. The old school Napa mountain fruit character is what really stood out for me. Echoed older Mayacamas, Togni and Mt. Veeder wines I drank in the late 80s/early 90s.
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Are you listed as Michael K?
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Nope, he's listed as Mike Klein just below that name.

Mark Lipton
 
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