Orin Swift Machete Red Blend

Vintage: 2019
Description: Winemaker Notes\r\n\r\n\r\nA black inky core with a luminous neon purple rim, the 2019 Machete opens with aromas of dark plum, violet, crushed gravel, black pepper and a touch of clove. Flooding the palate with notes of blueberry, chocolate covered espresso bean and a reduction of blackberry. A marbled leather texture accompanies the prolonged tannic finish with energetic acidity.\r\nJames Suckling 92 Points\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.
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