Double decanted a magnum back into the bottle and served at a party. There was some nice body to this wine as well as a touch of alcohol. I feel Switchback wines are typically lush, fruity and modern, and although this was pleasant with some earth, I don't think this is holding up all that well, even from magnum. It could also be the 2003 vintage, just a bad combination of age, style and vintage. I had a similar and even worse experience with a regular bottle of 2006 recently. and a 2007 a couple years ago.
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My first bottle of the 2003 since I was infatuated with Switchback PS @12-15 years ago. Back then I drank all I got. Found this at auction and had to buy it. Full bodied, still noticeable tannin, and thankfully still delicious dark fruits. Not the outrageous concentrated fruit bomb of 15 years ago but it went beautifully with filet mignon.
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Blackberry sauce, chocolate liqueur, vanilla, and soy sauce. The fruit is nice but the wine's extraction, alcohol, and oak is a bit too much for me. Nice, but not my style.
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Wonderful nose of dark fruit and asphalt. Really big in the mouth but not over the top, with a great peppery kick at the end. A bit harsh on day 1, but smoother and just delicious on day 2.
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Again...jumps out of the glass with nose of PURPLE fruit, spice, bacon fat, oh, the things! Just an all around people pleaser, this wine. I must find more! More!
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They 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.
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As I mentioned 2 years ago, I like this vintage. Still a big wine, though. I love the asphalt, black and blue fruit aromas and flavors. Some heat at the finish.
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My last one. Opened about an hour ago, and man, this is of a leaner expression which matches my perception of the wine from a few years back, too. Has the dark SR fruit, but it's almost crunchy-like and chalked with iron and tension. Fortunately, this will be poured about 4 hours from now, and we'll see how it does. More syrah like at this point that what can often be decadence for SR PS.....another 24 hrs of slow ox air and having finished dinner, just enjoying now this wine as a nightcap, so to speak. I know these wines can get big, sometimes even boozy for me, but this 2003 is just fine. At room temp, and I let all the cellar chill fall off this wine and allowed it to get to room temp (70f), there is no booze signature here at all. Lots of dark blackberry, some dark plum and light chocolate, iron and a light brushing of tannin. This is listed at 14.8% on the bottle, and I would offer this is pretty close, maybe a few tenths into 15% but this is not the 'big' kind of SR: dark, lots of fruit but isn't as dense as the bigger years. This is now over 10 years old and is for me drinking great, with some light structure. Make of that what you want and I do like to drink my wines younger, so with that said, I say this is in a nice spot.
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I agree with Ken V. Really dark color. Soft tannins. Young. Tasty. Blackberries and spice, along with dark fruit. This was a drink with 2 hands wine. Loved it!! No rush. Drink or hold.
Pop and pour. A lot of sediment. Huge spicy blackberry nose. A joy to drink right out of the gate. Big ripe blackberry fruit with lots of spice and tannin. Great balance and harmony. Foie gras brings out even more complexity. Terrific wine.
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The Wine Crew (FMIII in the OC): This is my favorite vintage of the petite from switchback that I've tasted so far. Ripe blueberry and tar pour from the glass. It's wildly dark colored, borderline black. Dark ripe blackberry and black licorice with big gripping tannins. Finish is nice but the tannins are climbing out of the glass, still a youngster. Love it.
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Opened y/day for a wine dinner. I pulled the cork on it about 2PM so it's been slow oxing for nearly a day, with much of the wine having been drank from the bottle last night so call this the last 2 ozs. Also, drinking at room temp too, an ugly 83 degrees so if anything is going to show booze at this kind of high temp, it would be petite. Yet, this wine doesn't lift much from the glass, perhaps speaking to the listed alc on the label of 14.8%, as well. This is one of the lightest vintages of the SR petite that I can recall. Black and red fruit, a hint of raisin and lots of dark chocolate. Call me crazy for writing this note in these kinds of conditions but I wanted to grab the wine and try it while I had a couple ounces left. This isn't in any danger of fading and will go several more years.
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Decanted 6 hours and it needed it. Still loads of firm and slightly gritty tannins, but the wine does generally have some smooth elements and the ink purple monster that it is is loaded with fruit. Like many Petite Sirah's it is a bit one dimensional, but very enjoyable. Long and penetrating finish.
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Scott's 31st Birthday '07 Napa Cab Taste Off (The Crib on Willetts Ct.): Tasted after the '07 Napa Cab trio. Big boy. But not as rich and out of whack as you'd think for this bottling. Black fruit, char coal, rock and smoke. Touches of bacon fat and smoked meat but this is a blockbuster fruit driven wine.
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if i lived inside a blueberry, i think this is what it would feel like - this wine is like getting punched in the face with a blackberry. outstanding balance for a petite sirah but not for the faint of heart - this is hedonists wine lovers dream. huge stain your teeth fruit and texture and big oaky tannins. This is a hot wine. HUGE all around. I was concerned because the cork on this bottle was crumbling dry but the wine was perfect. This one I left open on the bottle in a cool room for 2 hours to open slowly which worked nicely. outstanding big chocolate chewy fruit. bacon flavors and rosemary herbal notes with the texture of mayonnaise. penetrating and powerful. sliced straight through a NY strip steak. If you are a fan of bob foley and know his style of wines this is sure to impress. powerful. best bottle of this I have had. There might be a touch of bottle variation on these as the last one i had in august was less punchy.
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This is one big bottle of wine. My fiance notes it as "fudgy" and loamy. Big dark stone fruit, big round mouth feel and pretty standard Bob Foley big extraction (stain your teeth purple). Lots of rendered bacon, fig, plum, prune. Subtle herbal elements of thyme and rosemary on the remnants of the glass. Just a little touch less explosive and heavy and tannic than some of the hotter vintages I've had (04 etc). Fun wine, but hedonist. Wouldn't rush on this wine though, so much fruit and tannin structure to easily let it last quite a bit longer.
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Very impressive after a two hour decant. Drinking well now but I would never guess this as an 8 year old wine. If you have a few of these drink one now and save a bottle or two for a few more years when it should even be better.
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I hadn't drank one of these in over 4 years, since the OC group way back when did the Foley dinner. I had acquired this bottle via Wnie Bid to fill a vertical, which now I have started to drink through and revisit. We didn't decant this wine all that much last night, but I did drop into into a narrow body Reidel decanter for about 15 mins before I started pouring glasses, the last of which we finished in about an hour from opening. I was surprised by the wine's structure and lessened throttle (listed alcohol 14.8%), the iron-like tannin structure that really buffeted the wine. I enjoyed that structure, of course the dark fruit but in this vintage for me it didn't come off pruny. If I find another one of these on secondary sale, I will buy another, as I enjoyed it for the way it was all held nicely together.
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Christmas at Dad's house. Drank alongside 04 Pontet plus 01 Suduiraut which was paired with foie gras. This SB has plenty of stuffing left. However, drinking well now. Mouth puckering good!!
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Decanted and allowed to sit for 90 mins, then consumed over the following 3 hours. Pours as black as any PS, but the telltale spice is pleasantly mature/muted, with some glycerin and alcohol on the nose as well. This is in great form at present, medium-to-heavy in weight, tanins are mature, have faded fairly-well, and are beginning to sweeten. Not getting the dryness noted by others earlier this year, but the dark fruits are mature and tasting great. This is as good as any Cali PS gets, and is in the heart of its drinking window IMO.
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Ah Yeah boy!!! Everything you look for in a wine except it could use more tannins. Clean, Dark Rich flavor, velvety smooth through the center and a nice long finish. I would have liked to seen more acids.
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Oh my was this one huge. Pitch black in the glass with a dark purple rim. Bursting with deep dark plum and blueberry fruit. Richness is off the charts and the earthy tannins were gripping. Big long finish. I think my mouth was still dry this morning when I woke up. Boy was that something. Can still sit for a long long time, but heck, why wait.
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Tight as ever, even with 2+ hours in the decanter. Started to open up and reveal crushed rocks, glycerin like tannins, creamy raspberries, roasted pepper and toasty oak. Palate was rather drying and with lots of tannins, even towards the end of the bottle. Good balance for a young petite, but this needs another 10 years plus.
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Served blind. This was really impressive, showing somewhat like a RRV Zinfandel, which really surprised me on the reveal. Nose of rich black fruit but also a distinct reddish note, along with prominent meatiness and earth. In the mouth, surprising because it doesn't have the sheer rusticity and brawniness of many Petites. This has a certain measure of restraint, but it is by no means an elegant wine. Loads of up-front fruit race across the palate, supported by strong earth and meat notes. Solid acidity. Really long finish. Tannins clamp down at the end. One of my two or three favorite Petites in the past year. A-
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This wine took a good 3 hours to open up in the decanter. Very dark with a wonderful nose of sweet dark fruit. Took a small taste upon opening . . . the chalky tannins made my tongue feel like all of the moisture had been instantly vaporized. Wow. The tannins softened a little over the course of the evening, but still a significant presence. Black licorice, blueberry and on the palate with a medium length finish. I am holding my last couple for another few years at least. I prefer some of the other vintages of this PS including the '02 and '04, but still a good effort.
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Impenetrable dark color, sediment lined bottle and strainer after decanting. After one hour, the intial tannins had integrated into a jammy merlot like concoction. After three hours, some spice invaded the choco bluberry and created a helluva fun wine. Long tannic finish, will continue with this for the 370 miles of the Coke 400.
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The Wines of Robert Foley (Antonello Ristorante - Costa Mesa, CA): As a disclaimer, I should say that I'm not a huge fan of petite sirah. To my tastes, I tend to liken the varietal to football linebackers: they may have power, they may have finesse, but ultimately, they just want to knock you down. Nose of blueberries, plum, and spice. Plums, hard spice, and vanilla on the palate.
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Much better in my opinion than the Cabernet Sauvignon of the same vintage. More depth of body. Unsettlingly high alcohol level, alcohol fumes come back up into your nose on the finish. Almost medicinal in taste, but still a nice combination of fruit and herbaceousness.
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12/24/2023 - galewskj wrote: 90 Points
Double decanted a magnum back into the bottle and served at a party. There was some nice body to this wine as well as a touch of alcohol. I feel Switchback wines are typically lush, fruity and modern, and although this was pleasant with some earth, I don't think this is holding up all that well, even from magnum. It could also be the 2003 vintage, just a bad combination of age, style and vintage. I had a similar and even worse experience with a regular bottle of 2006 recently. and a 2007 a couple years ago.
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4/15/2021 - kabert Likes this wine: 92 Points
My first bottle of the 2003 since I was infatuated with Switchback PS @12-15 years ago. Back then I drank all I got. Found this at auction and had to buy it. Full bodied, still noticeable tannin, and thankfully still delicious dark fruits. Not the outrageous concentrated fruit bomb of 15 years ago but it went beautifully with filet mignon.
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10/21/2019 - brettay wrote: 83 Points
Blackberry sauce, chocolate liqueur, vanilla, and soy sauce. The fruit is nice but the wine's extraction, alcohol, and oak is a bit too much for me. Nice, but not my style.
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11/27/2016 - Hamersly Likes this wine: 93 Points
Wonderful nose of dark fruit and asphalt. Really big in the mouth but not over the top, with a great peppery kick at the end. A bit harsh on day 1, but smoother and just delicious on day 2.
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4/14/2016 - TallMikeWine wrote: 92 Points
Again...jumps out of the glass with nose of PURPLE fruit, spice, bacon fat, oh, the things! Just an all around people pleaser, this wine. I must find more! More!
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11/24/2015 - TallMikeWine Likes this wine: 91 Points
They 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.
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3/29/2015 - brigcampbell wrote:
As I mentioned 2 years ago, I like this vintage. Still a big wine, though. I love the asphalt, black and blue fruit aromas and flavors. Some heat at the finish.
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3/28/2015 - Frank Murray III wrote:
My last one. Opened about an hour ago, and man, this is of a leaner expression which matches my perception of the wine from a few years back, too. Has the dark SR fruit, but it's almost crunchy-like and chalked with iron and tension. Fortunately, this will be poured about 4 hours from now, and we'll see how it does. More syrah like at this point that what can often be decadence for SR PS.....another 24 hrs of slow ox air and having finished dinner, just enjoying now this wine as a nightcap, so to speak. I know these wines can get big, sometimes even boozy for me, but this 2003 is just fine. At room temp, and I let all the cellar chill fall off this wine and allowed it to get to room temp (70f), there is no booze signature here at all. Lots of dark blackberry, some dark plum and light chocolate, iron and a light brushing of tannin. This is listed at 14.8% on the bottle, and I would offer this is pretty close, maybe a few tenths into 15% but this is not the 'big' kind of SR: dark, lots of fruit but isn't as dense as the bigger years. This is now over 10 years old and is for me drinking great, with some light structure. Make of that what you want and I do like to drink my wines younger, so with that said, I say this is in a nice spot.
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3/27/2015 - dhammer53 wrote: 93 Points
I agree with Ken V. Really dark color. Soft tannins. Young. Tasty. Blackberries and spice, along with dark fruit. This was a drink with 2 hands wine. Loved it!! No rush. Drink or hold.
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3/25/2015 - kenv Likes this wine: 94 Points
Pop and pour. A lot of sediment. Huge spicy blackberry nose. A joy to drink right out of the gate. Big ripe blackberry fruit with lots of spice and tannin. Great balance and harmony. Foie gras brings out even more complexity. Terrific wine.
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12/30/2014 - budman Likes this wine: 93 Points
Worth waiting for... tons of dark fruit!!!
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9/2/2013 - brigcampbell wrote: 93 Points
The Wine Crew (FMIII in the OC): This is my favorite vintage of the petite from switchback that I've tasted so far. Ripe blueberry and tar pour from the glass. It's wildly dark colored, borderline black. Dark ripe blackberry and black licorice with big gripping tannins. Finish is nice but the tannins are climbing out of the glass, still a youngster. Love it.
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9/1/2013 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Opened y/day for a wine dinner. I pulled the cork on it about 2PM so it's been slow oxing for nearly a day, with much of the wine having been drank from the bottle last night so call this the last 2 ozs. Also, drinking at room temp too, an ugly 83 degrees so if anything is going to show booze at this kind of high temp, it would be petite. Yet, this wine doesn't lift much from the glass, perhaps speaking to the listed alc on the label of 14.8%, as well. This is one of the lightest vintages of the SR petite that I can recall. Black and red fruit, a hint of raisin and lots of dark chocolate. Call me crazy for writing this note in these kinds of conditions but I wanted to grab the wine and try it while I had a couple ounces left. This isn't in any danger of fading and will go several more years.
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8/1/2013 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decanted 6 hours and it needed it. Still loads of firm and slightly gritty tannins, but the wine does generally have some smooth elements and the ink purple monster that it is is loaded with fruit. Like many Petite Sirah's it is a bit one dimensional, but very enjoyable. Long and penetrating finish.
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3/14/2013 - beezer6 wrote: 90 Points
Scott's 31st Birthday '07 Napa Cab Taste Off (The Crib on Willetts Ct.): Tasted after the '07 Napa Cab trio. Big boy. But not as rich and out of whack as you'd think for this bottling.
Black fruit, char coal, rock and smoke. Touches of bacon fat and smoked meat but this is a blockbuster fruit driven wine.
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9/23/2012 - BCharlieG wrote: 93 Points
if i lived inside a blueberry, i think this is what it would feel like - this wine is like getting punched in the face with a blackberry. outstanding balance for a petite sirah but not for the faint of heart - this is hedonists wine lovers dream. huge stain your teeth fruit and texture and big oaky tannins. This is a hot wine. HUGE all around. I was concerned because the cork on this bottle was crumbling dry but the wine was perfect. This one I left open on the bottle in a cool room for 2 hours to open slowly which worked nicely. outstanding big chocolate chewy fruit. bacon flavors and rosemary herbal notes with the texture of mayonnaise. penetrating and powerful. sliced straight through a NY strip steak. If you are a fan of bob foley and know his style of wines this is sure to impress. powerful. best bottle of this I have had. There might be a touch of bottle variation on these as the last one i had in august was less punchy.
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8/13/2012 - BCharlieG wrote: 91 Points
This is one big bottle of wine. My fiance notes it as "fudgy" and loamy. Big dark stone fruit, big round mouth feel and pretty standard Bob Foley big extraction (stain your teeth purple). Lots of rendered bacon, fig, plum, prune. Subtle herbal elements of thyme and rosemary on the remnants of the glass. Just a little touch less explosive and heavy and tannic than some of the hotter vintages I've had (04 etc). Fun wine, but hedonist. Wouldn't rush on this wine though, so much fruit and tannin structure to easily let it last quite a bit longer.
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7/10/2012 - Traxx wrote:
Huge mess of a wine at this point. Incredibly oaked, little interesting going on here.
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1/15/2012 - Screameagle wrote: 91 Points
Very impressive after a two hour decant. Drinking well now but I would never guess this as an 8 year old wine. If you have a few of these drink one now and save a bottle or two for a few more years when it should even be better.
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8/28/2011 - Frank Murray III wrote:
I hadn't drank one of these in over 4 years, since the OC group way back when did the Foley dinner. I had acquired this bottle via Wnie Bid to fill a vertical, which now I have started to drink through and revisit. We didn't decant this wine all that much last night, but I did drop into into a narrow body Reidel decanter for about 15 mins before I started pouring glasses, the last of which we finished in about an hour from opening. I was surprised by the wine's structure and lessened throttle (listed alcohol 14.8%), the iron-like tannin structure that really buffeted the wine. I enjoyed that structure, of course the dark fruit but in this vintage for me it didn't come off pruny. If I find another one of these on secondary sale, I will buy another, as I enjoyed it for the way it was all held nicely together.
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12/25/2010 - hkfoebee wrote:
Christmas at Dad's house. Drank alongside 04 Pontet plus 01 Suduiraut which was paired with foie gras. This SB has plenty of stuffing left. However, drinking well now. Mouth puckering good!!
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9/6/2010 - davidandrose wrote: 93 Points
Decanted and allowed to sit for 90 mins, then consumed over the following 3 hours. Pours as black as any PS, but the telltale spice is pleasantly mature/muted, with some glycerin and alcohol on the nose as well. This is in great form at present, medium-to-heavy in weight, tanins are mature, have faded fairly-well, and are beginning to sweeten. Not getting the dryness noted by others earlier this year, but the dark fruits are mature and tasting great. This is as good as any Cali PS gets, and is in the heart of its drinking window IMO.
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5/4/2010 - kaiwhitney@gmail.com wrote: 91 Points
Ah Yeah boy!!! Everything you look for in a wine except it could use more tannins. Clean, Dark Rich flavor, velvety smooth through the center
and a nice long finish. I would have liked to seen more acids.
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4/18/2010 - River Rat wrote: 93 Points
Oh my was this one huge. Pitch black in the glass with a dark purple rim. Bursting with deep dark plum and blueberry fruit. Richness is off the charts and the earthy tannins were gripping. Big long finish. I think my mouth was still dry this morning when I woke up. Boy was that something. Can still sit for a long long time, but heck, why wait.
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4/28/2009 - tyvoodoo wrote: 92 Points
Tight as ever, even with 2+ hours in the decanter. Started to open up and reveal crushed rocks, glycerin like tannins, creamy raspberries, roasted pepper and toasty oak. Palate was rather drying and with lots of tannins, even towards the end of the bottle. Good balance for a young petite, but this needs another 10 years plus.
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3/14/2009 - psmith wrote:
Super ripe, dark, sweet fruits. Heavy extraction. Lots of alcohol. Hard structure with more of a grape tannin feel. Not my style.
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1/24/2009 - gutt22 wrote:
Served blind. This was really impressive, showing somewhat like a RRV Zinfandel, which really surprised me on the reveal. Nose of rich black fruit but also a distinct reddish note, along with prominent meatiness and earth. In the mouth, surprising because it doesn't have the sheer rusticity and brawniness of many Petites. This has a certain measure of restraint, but it is by no means an elegant wine. Loads of up-front fruit race across the palate, supported by strong earth and meat notes. Solid acidity. Really long finish. Tannins clamp down at the end. One of my two or three favorite Petites in the past year. A-
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10/12/2008 - TomTom wrote:
This wine took a good 3 hours to open up in the decanter. Very dark with a wonderful nose of sweet dark fruit. Took a small taste upon opening . . . the chalky tannins made my tongue feel like all of the moisture had been instantly vaporized. Wow. The tannins softened a little over the course of the evening, but still a significant presence. Black licorice, blueberry and on the palate with a medium length finish. I am holding my last couple for another few years at least. I prefer some of the other vintages of this PS including the '02 and '04, but still a good effort.
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7/5/2008 - JLL wrote: 92 Points
Impenetrable dark color, sediment lined bottle and strainer after decanting. After one hour, the intial tannins had integrated into a jammy merlot like concoction. After three hours, some spice invaded the choco bluberry and created a helluva fun wine. Long tannic finish, will continue with this for the 370 miles of the Coke 400.
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12/27/2007 - budman wrote: 93 Points
A brooding monster even after over 3 hours in a decanter. This was possibly the darkest bottle of wine I've ever seen. Lots of good, dark fruit too.
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6/16/2007 - Paul Lin wrote: 90 Points
The Wines of Robert Foley (Antonello Ristorante - Costa Mesa, CA): As a disclaimer, I should say that I'm not a huge fan of petite sirah. To my tastes, I tend to liken the varietal to football linebackers: they may have power, they may have finesse, but ultimately, they just want to knock you down. Nose of blueberries, plum, and spice. Plums, hard spice, and vanilla on the palate.
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6/16/2007 - Frank Murray III wrote:
The Wines OF Roberty Foley--The OC Strikes Again (Antanello's In Costa Mesa (Orange County)): Tremendous concentration. Just huge, with red and blue push of fruit, a wall of tannins and a wine that my notes say "hold on for your life", as to indicate a fast, pummeling drive ahead. Let this sit for some years or decant the hell out of it and strap yourself in.
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11/25/2006 - kkazaks wrote: 90 Points
Historical note from this past summer.
Much better in my opinion than the Cabernet Sauvignon of the same vintage. More depth of body. Unsettlingly high alcohol level, alcohol fumes come back up into your nose on the finish. Almost medicinal in taste, but still a nice combination of fruit and herbaceousness.
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10/10/2006 - PatLee wrote:
A Powerhouse Petite Sirah Tasting (Cafe Esin, San Ramon, CA): A lighter, no so dense nose with some menthol and caramel. Serious coffee flavor on the palette with noticeable tannins. My number 4 and the group number 5 of the flight.
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6/15/2006 - NeuroDoc wrote: 92 Points
Very intense, med tannins, but whoa! What a PS. Probably the best PS I'll taste. The group loved it!!
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