My experience of Swan Pinots is that they’ve been made the same way for a long time, and require aging. This one shows some hard tannins and even some tough acids, although it’s tremendous in cherry-pie filling, black raspberry and blackberry jam flavors. Right now it feels juvenile, rude, even rustic, but five to eight years in the cellar will reward.——S.H.(8/1/2007)—— 90

There’s something exuberantly old-fashioned about this Pinot. It’s dark, dry and tannicly rustic, with huge, gobby, fresh cherry pie flavors deep inside. Swan Pinots last for a long time; give this one five years to soften and melt those tannins. ——S.H.(12/15/2006)—— 89