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Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 91.6 points

  • Last bottle was 2.5 years ago. This bottle is even better.
    The wine appears light ruby at the core, fading to a tawny rim. It has thrown quite a bit of sediment and is a bit cloudy in appearance.
    The nose is quite refreshing, with bright red pinot fruits, lots of cooking spices, some background vanilla bean, a hint of coffee grounds, and some wet forest floor aromas.
    On the palate, the wine is medium in body, with striking and immediate red fruit flavors, with spicecake, and cola, followed by a citrusy freshness and lightly refined tannins that show up on the cheeks in the medium length finish.
    This is a very good RRV Pinot, very textbook in the best of ways. I am always brought back to the possibilities of truly great PN in California when I taste Swan wines.

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  • Utterly stunning in its purity and verve. Light cherry color. Intoxicating, soaring nose of red and black cherry, with ample baking spice backing it up. In the mouth, velvety, pure, and forward cherry fruit. It expands across the palate and sails along with baking spice, good acidity, and a fantastic, long, juicy finish. Superb. A

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  • 2.5 years after bottle #1 wine has lost color saturation but turned darker, tannin resolved, pronounced acidity that will insure long life. Aromatic nose without bottle bouquet. Wine has entered drinking plateau, caveat - based on this bottle. Purchased from winery, stored at 55F. The baby fat fruit is gone, replaced with sweet-side, smooth pinot fruit flavor but without the distinct flavor elements present when the wine was younger. I'm surprised it has been this evolved, look forward to what it becomes although based on this bottle it isn't as exciting as when issued. To anyone holding these ... the acidity is high enough so that you will want to decant it to take the edge off. It will drink very well with food, i.e. red meat or flavorful poultry. The good news is I have more bottles ready to drink! ... Later, moved remaining bottles to front cabinet to drink. Surprise but should not have been surprised ... wine has thrown a lot of sediment, consistent with evolution.

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  • PnP at Mei Japanese restaurant.
    Very nice tart red cherry fruit, with allspice and forest floor aromas. Flavors are echoed from the palate, showing velvety tannins and med acidity, goes well with food. Nice med+ length finish, this wine is drinking beautifully now and will continue to do so through 2020 or so.

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  • This is a unique Swan pinot. Initially light in color, aerating to medium ruby. Strong, aromatic typical pinot nose. Entry is softer than typical Great Oak pinots, initially seemingly less acidity (esp than Trenton Estate), with significant mulberry/raspberry flavor on every sip ... this is a sipping wine, albeit a simple side of the flavor palette, pinot fruity sweet. Medium body, long finish, no vegetal notes mid palette or finish. No flaws. At this point in time this is a very enjoyable, young pinot. I'm reluctant to score it because of youth (shipped to me 10 days ago). Suffice to say I am pleased to have 4 more bottles. I believe it will drink well young, it will drink well old. Very pleasant. Wish I'd bought more.

    If a weakness ultimately appears in this wine, it may be complexity of flavor. The pinot flavors are so strong now, without hint of nuances of others, it isn't obvious more will appear. But now is gratefully received, and will be good later, given what it delivers. I'm fine with this. The enjoyment derived is reward enough.

    4/19/13 Drinking second 1/2 of bottle. Wine has opened up more, superb expansion of flavor, completely balanced now, soft tannins, RR beet root flavors. I like it well enough to have just sent a note to buy more. To be clear this is not a highly complex pinot, just a very enjoyable one that I believe will age well and drink well for a long time. I believe score will rise with time but 92+ is my best assessment. Stay tuned because I will have 6 bottles.

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  • By Josh Raynolds
    May/June 2013, IWC Issue #168, (See more on Vinous...)

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