2008 Joseph Swan Vineyards Pinot Noir Trenton Estate

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 91.4 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View acidqueen's profile
  • Report Issue

  11/23/2022 - acidqueen wrote: 92 Points

  Very nice wine. Decanted 30 minutes to start and 2 hours at the end. Lots of fresh strawberry rhubarb and light cherry plus faint meat. This belies the 14 years and the 14.5% alleged alcohol. Neither seems believable. This seems like it will still improve for a few years.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View gutt22's profile
  • Report Issue

  8/15/2018 - gutt22 Likes this wine:

  14.5% alcohol. I feel like this wine has gotten more youthful in the past four years. Black cherry color. Somewhat tightly wound nose that took a good bit of air to unwind, but then it comes forth with that classic, slightly dusty and floral Trenton Estate signature, bursting with black and red cherry fruit, earth, and spice. The palate is incredibly lively and still showing plenty of structure. Primary fruit and robust acidity, with a long finish that's still got tannic grip. I'd wait another 3-5 years on this. A-

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Frank Murray III's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/15/2018 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  Blind Wines with Indian Food (Basanti in San Juan Capistrano, CA (South OC)): Poured blind. Initially, it was cool from the cellar and that affected my early guess, as it reminded me aromatically of Grenache. It had a face powder, rose petal thing going on and maybe a touch of something volatile. It also began the night firmer, juicy, with hard red candy, again which I believe was due to the cool serving temp. As it had time to warm up, it became more crunchy with some jammy edges of cherry and raspberry. Then when it knitted all together, and I could an hour later swirl it again and then taste it further, it became more like Pinot Noir with some solid strawberry flavor. I landed with PN as my guess but beyond that, no idea as to producer or vintage. All in, this showed very well and is drinking super at 10 years of age.

  2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Todd French's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/15/2018 - Todd French wrote:

  Leaner and lighter than what I'd expect from Trenton Estate, so I'm assuming it's from the lean, cooler vintage. After 2 hours open, it fleshed out a bit. Still lovely, but wasn't easy to identify blind, that's for certain

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View WetRock's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/14/2018 - WetRock wrote:

  Served blind. Big, sweet nose with notes of tar. Grippy tannin behind fruit with a baked quality. The flesh is mostly gone giving it a clean feeling. Enough acidity to keep it from falling. The big fruit and tar notes made me guess Central Coast. Not the best showing for a Trenton Estate but still a strong Pinot. This vineyard clearly gets plenty of concentration.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 11 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.