Joseph Swan, Trenton Estate Syrah, Russian River Valley

Beautifully well balanced with tremendous complexity.

2004 vintage

Beautiful nose with a very balanced taste profile. Finished the bottle 2 nights later - the wine had dramatically improved. Much more expressive with incredible length on the finish. I will hold the remainder for a few more years still.

2004 vintage

Dark fruit, blackberries, cassis, anise, a ton of leather and tobacco. Earthy tones, mushrooms, and minerality. Smokey notes on the finish. Well balanced wine, outstanding.

2004 vintage

Wow. I wasn't sure what to expect with some previous notes of this showing it's age. Really great notes of dark fruits and wet earth with good acid still present. Plenty of life left and really just entering a nice window. Reminds me of a nicely aged New world Cab in texture and fruit profile right now. Excellent!

2004 vintage

Roberson Summer Walkabout Tasting 2011 (London) : Brambly nose. Sweet, spicy fruit. Fresh as a daisy despite its age and amazing length. Brilliant; wine of the night.

2004 vintage

Tasty but not spectacular. Was a good buy though after discounting from wine store. Soft with still nice fruit, but thought mid palate was just ok. Does have a bit of pepper in my mind. A bit of cherry made this quite tasty

2003 vintage

Tastes very mature right now. Tons of sediment left in the glass.

2004 vintage

Tasted much older than a 2004. Lots of secondary flavors coming through tonight in addition to a lot of sediment. Has an elegance and restraint that few Cali syrahs do. Well done.

2004 vintage

14.1% alcohol. This is positively fantastic. Dark red color. Tremendously aromatic nose, with a classic stamp of Trenton Estate fruit to it: dark berry, with a lighter, redder quality lingering behind. A slightly peppery/meaty edge to it, but this is a luscious, fruit-forward wine with bright acidity and tremendous purity and grace. Delightful. And a bargain. A-

2004 vintage

This is a really good syrah from the Russian River Valley. We bought this bottle after tasting at the winery during the Winter Wine road festival. It was even better at home paired with smoked/peppered salmon, sharp cheddar cheeses and seared sea scallops. The nose is very expressive of berry, fresh fruit and sweetness. The taste is a fruit up front wine with a very nice acidic middle and fine tannic ending. The Balance of the syrah is close to …

2004 vintage

see prior

2004 vintage

Generally consistent with previous notes although this bottle was a bit more sweet and fruit-forward than those sampled previously. There were several dishes at the table that leaned toward the sweet end of the spectrum and that may have influenced our palates.

2003 vintage

Easily the best wine of my tasting at Swan. Made in an elegant and refined style. Outstanding Syrah. I will seek this out for my own cellar.

2004 vintage

Consistent with previous note. We had this for dinner with a group of friends matched with a pork osso bucco. They were outstanding together.

2003 vintage

Consistent with prior note. Superb wine that is still on its game.

2003 vintage

better drank on its own, not after a bevy of italian wines, still very good though

2004 vintage

insane nose but a bit thinner than previous bottles

2004 vintage

Absolutely knockout nose, killer juice

2004 vintage

absolutely killer juice, balanced and gamey, a beauty

2004 vintage

We sampled this at a tasting of cool-climate California Syrah. Both my wife and I thought it the best of the bunch although it only narrowly beat out the 2006 Lewis Cellars Hudson Syrah. I am not sure that it was better than the Lewis so much as more to our liking in style. It is a lighter Syrah rich with dark cherry fruit. Very smooth and a nice acidity that should make it fabulous with food.

2003 vintage

Nose was beautiful at first blush, red berries, red licorice, and red liqueur or cassis. This wine just knocked my socks off. Great red berry fruit, campfire smoke, great midpalate acidity giving a long mouth watering finish. A little heat but all in all great. My first Swan syrah. Little bacon with air.

2003 vintage

DAWGS - March (McKinney, TX) : Dark ruby. Spicy red fruits on the nose. Bold red fruits, little heat coming through, med+ acid and body, med tannin. Very good Syrah but tasted after Old World wines.

2003 vintage

DAWGS March 2009 - Rhone Varietals (WineWave's house in McKinney, TX) : WIML90 Tasted March 21, 2009 at an offline. Opened and poured a little over an hour before serving. Dark garnet color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Subtle nose of anise, berries and a tiny bit of bacon. Flavors of currants, licorice and berries. Medium acidity, moderate to integrated tannins, medium body. Drink over the short term.

2003 vintage

Joseph Swan Vineyards visit (Forestville, CA) : Lifted aromatics, perhaps straying into VA territory, aromas of olallieberry, licorice, and a floral peach component. Slight sweetness, some typical syrah torrefaction/tar, blackberry. A little tannic currently, needs a couple of years.

2003 vintage

We opened this bottle, along with the 1999 Dehlinger Goldridge Syrah, as part of the FMIII virtual syrah tasting and paired with barbeque chicken and ribs from the smoker on a gorgeous Spring-like day. Opened both wines a couple of hours in advance to get a little air. Lovely bouquet of cherries and violets. Tart dark cherries and plums on the palate. Sweet and sour all at once. This wine was delicate and refined, yet held its own when paired …

2003 vintage

Took to lunch at Jason's with him and Darren... drunk alongside Pinots... this wasn't out of place.. not big, though it did change in the couple of hours it was open.. or we changed.. .something... medium body... spice and pepper on the nose... good balance of acidity and fruit... nice with the food (burgers and pastrami)....somewhere between Old and New World... in the best sense.

2003 vintage

Rather unctuous, a darkish purple in the glass. Dark fruit, some barbecued meat on the nose. Palate is rather thick with roasted dark fruit, borders on syrupy. Tannins are huge, lively and brash.

2003 vintage

did not enjoy this wine at all. weird smell of moldy hay. improved 2 days latter but still not something I would ever buy again. puzzling experience as I generally love this producers wine.

2003 vintage

I love this syrah based blend. It is light, balanced and very food friendly.

2003 vintage

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