| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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2005 Switchback Ridge Petite Sirah Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
12/8/2015 - Ex-Ray Likes this wine: 93 pointsDark garnet, completely opaque. Fully developed aromas of dark fruits, earthy. Full-bodied flavors, coarse texture, deep black fruit flavors with a nice long aftertaste. This was more power than elegance but perfectly ready, plenty of fruit and unobtrusive tannins. |
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2008 Switchback Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
12/8/2015 - bplant13 wrote: 92 pointsThis is a powerful wine! Fresh acidity, great tannic structure and lots of red, blue and black berries. It mellowed out over a couple hours, but pretty much ready to drink within 30 minutes of breathing. |
| Red |
2005 Switchback Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
12/5/2015 - aaronfeigin Likes this wine: 93 pointsDecanted for about 4 hours at cellar temperature (58 degrees). That was not enough. Next time will put in a decanter in the morning. As this opened up, it lost some of the raisin smell (almost port-like) on the nose and became a great fruit perfumed scent with lots of chocolate. The taste was excellent, very enjoyable. Still feel it will be good for several years more in the cellar. Very balanced. |
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2007 Switchback Ridge Petite Sirah Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
12/5/2015 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 96 pointsThree Big Boys (Switchback, Carver Sutro, Mollydooker) (Home): Had a bottle five years or so ago that was "unpleasant". This was the opposite. Wow. This was fantastic. Purple in color. The nose is exuberant with black raspberries, licorice, slight vanilla and plums. Just gorgeous texture. Mouth coating yet supple. Delicious. Lots of fruit but enough acidity to be balance. Plums, black raspberries and slight burnt earthy notes. Long finish. The kind of wine that makes you keep taking sip after sip as its so delicious, but you want to slow down and contemplate it. Probably five to ten years from full maturity but at a great stage right now. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2003 Switchback Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
12/3/2015 - wineismylife wrote: 93 pointsWIML93 |
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2009 Switchback Ridge Petite Sirah Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
11/29/2015 - River Rat Likes this wine: NR3 years since my last taste. It was a long day working on the house in cold weather and I needed something to warm my soul. This wine is bigger than I remember. As dense and extracted as any PS I have ever had. Black as night, viscous, loaded with black fruit, cocoa, and chewy chalky tannins. Just a hedonistic, tooth staining, stick to the roof of your mouth pleasure that every once in a while is just the right fit. Warning, may become habit forming. |
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2007 Switchback Ridge Merlot Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
12/3/2015 - MJTed wrote: 88 pointsLush and round but not much depth or concentration. Quaffable merlot with red fruit, koch and some vanillin oak. But not on par with this bottling and disappointing considering the vintage. |
| Red |
2007 Switchback Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
10/10/2010 - brianofthevine wrote: 94 pointsThis one is a beast! Huge black cherry and blackberry fruit, intense boldness and great balance. Also has some chocolate and tar notes. Long finish, chewy tannins, great wine. |
| Red |
2006 Switchback Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
7/24/2010 - brianofthevine wrote: 92 pointsBlackberry, chocolate, tar and earth. Long finish, firm tannins. |
| Red |
2005 Switchback Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
6/19/2008 - brianofthevine wrote: 94 pointsRipe black cherry and blackberry fruit, very rich and full bodied. Firm tannins, long finish. |
| Red |
2006 Switchback Ridge Petite Sirah Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
11/28/2015 - brianofthevine wrote: 90 pointsThick, dark, and inky. Big dark fruits, blackberry, black cherry, with some licorice and leather notes. Alcohol pretty high here and it shows, very 'hot'. Long finish, firm tannins, probably still needs to sit. |
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2012 Switchback Ridge Petite Sirah Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
11/28/2015 - PANYC Likes this wine: 91 pointsHad this about 3 days ago via coravin, came home and opened the bottle which drank way better then the initial sampling in which I thought there was some overripe fruit on the nose and palate. This was not noticeable when I opened the bottle and sampled the wine. Has alot of life ahead and I hope it will come together just little more. |
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2006 Switchback Ridge Merlot Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
11/27/2015 - davidandrose Likes this wine: NRNot quite as powerful as it once was, this is still a solid wine that shows good structure and balance and should be consumed now. Deep purple core with modest bricking on the edge. Tar, charcoal, overripe fruit and faint pepper on the nose. Tannins fading (DO NOT DECANT THIS - PNP ONLY) this coats the front palate but lacks some of the depth of its youth, quickly dissipating mid-palate. Red cherry. |
| Red |
2007 Switchback Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
11/26/2015 - csimm wrote: 94 pointsDrank alongside a 2009 Lewis Reserve Cabernet, 2010 L'Aventure Estate Cuvée, and a 2012 Bevan Ontogeny. The SBR came in #4 among the competition. |
| Red |
2005 Switchback Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
11/26/2015 - mgstull Likes this wine: 94 pointsDark purple. Sweet cherry, cassis, plum, graphite, and leather. Fined grained smooth tannins. In a great place and awesome with the rib roast. |
| Red |
2003 Switchback Ridge Petite Sirah Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
11/24/2015 - TallMikeWine Likes this wine: 91 pointsThey should just not bother to put vintage dates on Petite Sirah. The wines just don't age! This one, 12 years old, is still youthful, fruity, dense, dark as a moonless night, voluptuous, sexy, spicy, and almost perfect for the varietal. What can I say. Enjoy more Petite Sirah in your life and you'll enjoy your life more. Amen. |
| Red |
2013 Switchback Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
11/23/2015 - markcic Likes this wine: 93 pointsWow -moving cases into the cellar and had to try it, from a 375, decanted through a vinturi and let sit for an hour or so. Fruit and wood on the nose, the palate was cedar, blueberry, chocolate, fig and so much more. The finish was smooth and full. A couple of years in the cellar and this is a 95/96. Just an awesome wine. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (5) |
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2010 Switchback Ridge Merlot Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
11/21/2015 - MatLot Likes this wine: 91 pointsBelle explosion de fruits, un peu complexe, prêt à boire maintenant ne pas trop carafer, excellent ! Trop $... |
| Red |
2012 Switchback Ridge Merlot Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
11/20/2015 - msuwine Likes this wine: 92 pointsAn impressive Merlot-based blend that combines intensity with structure. Full in body, blackish red in color, fragrant nose of blackberry, chocolate, and herbs. Layered tastes of plum, black cherry, lead, and rosemary, with a chalky but lingering finish. 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14.5% alcohol. I typically find Foley wines to be too jammy, but this wine has more balance - not as elegant as a Blankiet, not as deep as a Carter, but easily on par with a Shafer, Pride, or Plumpjack. |
| Red |
2013 Switchback Ridge Petite Sirah Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
11/14/2015 - Frank Murray III wrote: NRWith no aeration so simply was grab and pour. Needed air. Seemed to be gentler, without the heat signature I found recently in the 2012. This bottle went too quickly and nothing to retaste today. |
| Red |
2002 Switchback Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
11/10/2015 - shaferguy91 wrote: 93 points30 minute decant. Drinking beautifully right now. A treat. |
| Red |
2006 Switchback Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
11/9/2015 - davidandrose Likes this wine: 92 pointsFinishing off a previously CV'd bottle; followed over 2 hours after popping the cork, but not decanted. Dark black fruit, faint prune, earth on the nose. While initial tastes of the wine were very dry, as the wine warmed and opened it balanced nicely. Mocha, tobacco, dark fruit, fig and earth. In a very nice place but no rush. Agree with '19 at the far side of peaking. |
| Red |
2007 Switchback Ridge Merlot Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
11/8/2015 - kenthargis wrote: 92 pointsThis was very nice. Can add this to Pride and one or two other producers of Napa merlot that I really like. Noticed the age development, but the wine isn't on the decline yet. Lovely notes of plum. Very soft and smooth. Would recommend. Tannins aren't very noticeable. |
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2005 Switchback Ridge Merlot Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
11/8/2015 - Purple Tooth wrote: 92 pointsStill has lots of power with lots of red, tart fruit for a Merlot. As I was drinking this, it was obvious that this would have been better with more initial sweetness from youth. Still a very complex and powerful wine with a long, dry finish. A bit disjunct....Drink, don't hold |
| Red |
2006 Switchback Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Peterson Family VineyardNapa Valley more |
11/7/2015 - cawineaux wrote: NR2 hour decant This was way over the top for my taste. Rich, chocolaty, sweet, syrupy, and a bit hot would be my best description. Over extracted to put it mildly. |
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