Amazing that a winery would hold back an estate-grown Syrah for five years before release, but Joseph Swan did with this wine. It’s still pretty tannic, but the core of blackberries, blueberries and dark chocolate is starting to explode into the secondary characteristics associated with aged wine. And that is very exciting, especially at this price. Should continue to evolve over the next five years. ——S.H.(2/1/2012)—— 92