Tried this Sat night w/ grilled lamb & figs:
1. Alban EdnaVlly Syrah Estate Lorraine (14.5%) 1998: Very dark/black color; very strong smokey/charred/toasty/oak quite blackberry/boysenberry/Syrah some minerally/carbon arc/gunflint complex very intense/primary nose; tart quite charred/pungent/toasty/oak/smokey intense blackberry/boysenberry/Syrah/framboise rather hard/tannic flavor; very long charred/roasted/toasty/oak very intense blackberry/boysenberry/Syrah finish w/ ample tannins; loads of charred oak & loads of ripe Syrah fruit; this wine doesn't seem to have budged at all w/ age; no predicting when to drink; terrific wine if you can take the tannins.
TomHill