Orin Swift Machete Red Blend
| Vintage: | 2020 |
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| Description: | Winemaker Notes\r\n\r\n\r\nA dark mauve core with a neon purple rim, the wine stains everything. Opening aromatics on the 2020 Machete are gorgeous immediately: ripe pluot, carne asada, new cowboy boots, lilacs, espresso bean and wet concrete. On the palate, layers upon layers reveal themselves, from a plum galette topped with fior di latte gelato to 85% cacao dark chocolate to barbequed tri-tip and sweet oak. Puckering tannins to finish, the wine closes on a high note with a touch of blood orange zest and lingering acidity.\r\nBlend: Petite Sirah, Syrah, Grenache\r\nAbout the Label\r\nRather than just one label, there are a dozen different labels for Machete \u2013 a red blend that makes a hero of Petite Sirah from Northern California, with supporting roles from Syrah and Grenache.\r\nThe challenge was developing a label that would match the boldness and complexity of the wine in the bottle. Phinney got the idea for the label while driving home from San Francisco one day. Spotting what he thought was a white police car ahead of him, as he got closer he realised it was an old cop car that had been resold. Behind the wheel was a postman with his arm hanging out of the window puffing on a cigarette. The word \u2018Killers\u201d had been keyed onto the side of the car.\r\nInspired, Phinney set up a photo shoot with the cop car using Calistoga\u2019s moon-like landscape as a backdrop. His initial idea of keying the word \u2018Machete\u2019 onto the car and shooting a machete-wielding model behind the wheel didn\u2019t pan out.\r\nShot over the course of two days, it took over 10,000 attempts to get a dozen Phinney was happy with. \u201cThe model is always high up in the frame of every image. She\u2019s always in a position of power. That was important to me,\u201d he says.\r\n\r\n\r\nAbout Orin Swift Cellars\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 Machete Label \r\nThis rich and expressive Red Wine features 12 different labels in the series. The challenge was developing a label that would match the boldness and complexity of the wine in the bottle.\r\nRather than just one label, there are a dozen different labels for Machete \u2013 a red blend that makes a hero of Petite Sirah from Northern California, with supporting roles from Syrah and Grenache.\r\nPhinney got the idea for the label while driving home from San Francisco one day. Spotting what he thought was a white police car ahead of him, as he got closer he realised it was an old cop car that had been resold. Behind the wheel was a postman with his arm hanging out of the window puffing on a cigarette. The word \u2018Killers\u201d had been keyed onto the side of the car.\r\nInspired, Phinney set up a photo shoot with the cop car using Calistoga\u2019s moon-like landscape as a backdrop. His initial idea of keying the word \u2018Machete\u2019 onto the car and shooting a machete-wielding model behind the wheel didn\u2019t pan out.\r\nShot over the course of two days, it took over 10,000 attempts to get a dozen Phinney was happy with. \u201cThe model is always high up in the frame of every image. She\u2019s always in a position of power. That was important to me,\u201d he says.\r\n*Receive one of twelve possible labels.\r\n*Specific labels cannot be requested. |
| Price: | $ 54.99 |
| 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 31, 2023.
