Love this 2013 bright and rich simultaneously. Great balance really opened up nicely over an hour — 6 years ago
2016 delicious — 8 years ago
Awesome sipping beer on a full stomach. Nice and crisp and tart. — 8 years ago
Beautiful, intense, saline! — 3 years ago
Whole Cluster. Bright fruit, balanced acidity. Drinking beautifully right now. — 5 years ago
It’s a very rich style chardonnay, but it’s unapologetically delicious. Professional scores have it as high as 97 and the purity of fruit along with the deft use of french oak and balanced acidity are certainly deserving. It strikes a nice balance even with everything amped up and an alcohol level of 14.6%. Only 326 cases made, if you see a bottle in the wild drink it! — 6 years ago

A bit tight at the beginning, but really improved during the course of and after dinner. Blackberry notes(almost syrupy) on the long finish. Mouth coating. — 8 years ago
Redfruits, somewhat ripe, medium-full-bodied on palate, good acidity, nice RRV Syrah! — 6 years ago
With Dawn, like French wine - great mouth taste and nice finish — 6 years ago
Amazing with a beautifully grilled ribeye. Thanks Ben! Easy drinkin’ with a light electric tingle. Delicious. — 7 years ago
Delicious! Showing it's age in the best way possible. After 3 hours it took stride and ripe black berry lightly spiced dried plum, and teriyaki beef jerky poured from the glass. Acidity was tart and currant like. Fun stuff. Great with cheese. Light body with fine tight tannin lingering on finish. — 8 years ago
Doug Powers
Stopped by Joseph Swan for a quick tasting flight this afternoon, this wasn’t on the flight but since the 2013 Syrah was so fabulous, picked up a bottle of the 2011 to pair with some great cheese we bought, this shows inky color, mostly black fruits, complexity yet still so very young, medium-long finish, 11 years old going on 3, needs more aging!! — 3 years ago