Orin Swift Palermo Cabernet
| Vintage: | 2020 |
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| Description: | Napa Valley\r\nWinemaker Notes\r\nThe wine sits in the glass with a dark mauve and crimson red rim. Classic and traditional Left Bank Bordeaux-style nose of ripe cassis, blackberry and assorted blue fruits with a touch of chapparal. The entry is robust with notes of blackberry pie, black cherry, and impressive weight. Soft tannins and a bright finish round out the wine with a lingering touch of orange peel.\r\nAbout Orin Swift\r\nThe history of Orin Swift Cellars dates back to 1995 when on a lark, David Swift Phinney took a friend up on an offer and went to Florence, Italy to spend a semester \u201cstudying\u201d. During that time, he was introduced to wine, how it was made, and got hooked. A few more years of university led to graduation and eventually a job at Robert Mondavi Winery in 1997 as a temporary harvest worker. Deciding that if he was going to work this hard, it would eventually have to be for himself, he founded Orin Swift Cellars in 1998; Orin is his father\u2019s middle name and Swift is his mother\u2019s maiden name. With two tons of zinfandel and not much else, he spent the next decade making wine for others as well as himself and grew the brand to what it is today.\r\nAbout the Palermo Label\r\nThis label features a photo of mummified 16th-century Cardinal in Palermo, Italy. The photo's sense of power, reverence and dignity is reflective of how their winemaker crafts Cabernet.\r\nPhinney\u2019s most haunting label, which graces bottles of his Napa Valley red blend Palermo, is a chilling photo of a mummified priest wearing a red cape and a black hat known as a \u2018biretta\u2019, taken by\u00a0National Geographic\u00a0photographer Vincent J. Musi in a 16th\u00a0century catacomb in Palermo, Sicily, after which the wine is named.\r\nThe arresting image is one of a series taken by Musi for\u00a0National Geographic\u00a0and reflects Phinney\u2019s reverence for Cabernet Sauvignon. \u201cThere is such a sense of power and dignity to the image, which is how we think about great Cabernet. We just really respect it. It think it makes a statement about the wine,\u201d says Phinney.\r\nPalermo is made from Cabernet, Merlot and Malbec from Rutherford, Saint Helena, Atlas Peak and Coombsville. Using fruit that also goes into Phinney\u2019s top reds, Mercury Head and Papillon, Phinney describes it as his most approachable Cabernet\u201d, and \u201ca true representation of Napa\u201d. |
| Price: | $ 47.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from BASSER’S Fine Wine
| Address: |
6240 Coral Ridge Drive Coral Springs, FL 33076 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 954-840-3122 |
First added to 1000 Corks on December 27, 2022.
