March 29, 2024 - Still holding up well, see my last review in 2018, pleasant surprise that the wine hasn’t shifted or changed since 2018.
November 3, 2018 - Its been almost 2 years since the last open bottle. The wine has aged nicely. The nose is somewhat more balanced with dark cherry, slight earthiness, and a hint of berry.
The palate has a hint of dark chocolate and caramel, along with some citrus (perhaps light grapefruit) finishing with a mild amount of bubbly on the back of the tongue. Not a single bottle fluke, since we enjoyed it more than enough to open up a second botthle. Still finishes lighter, very mild tannins going to a smooth finish. Much lighter than one would expect from a PN, however quite enjoyable. Integrating well now.
October 1, 2016 - Huge cali Pinot, more akin to a new world Grenache than Pinot. Very enjoyable though on its own. Nice job Stillman, this was a Mis ship and a wine I didn't even want but I am glad to have had it.
April 25, 2016 - This is good, but to my taste the high-alcohol aspect doesn't work as well as it does in Stillman's syrahs, which I prefer to this.
March 5, 2016 - Strong nose with dark grape, cherry, slight earthiness, and a hint of berry. Bold! The palate has again some grape, berry a bit of chocolate, light and thin tasting, going to a smooth finish. Much lighter than one would expect from a PN, however quite enjoyable. I can see this building and integrating in the next few years, however can be drunk now if you are looking for fruit forwardness.
June 30, 2014 - We all enjoyed Swilly's PN, me more than the others since I had the Schott-Zwiesel PN glass and not BG's regular rolled rim glass (and yes, Ashley could tell the difference between the glasses).
To be honest, I haven't liked most PN's, but there have been a few that stood out (Peter's Woot Cellars' D'ontspille LeBlack being one). So I apologize for missing some aromas and flavor aspects.
So for some, the "At what price point would you buy this at?" probably isn't where I would place it. Since I really, really, really enjoyed this, I'm going in (especially since I don't have a lot of PN in my cellar)!
Low tannins
Earthy aromas on nose
Smooth, satiny mouthfeel
Nice lingering finish