Orin Swift Mercury Head Cabernet Sauvignon (750ML)
From Napa Valley
| Vintage: | 2021 |
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| Description: | 94-96 Wa / 95 Wi / 94 De. Winemaker Dave Phinney expects to bottle a bit more than 6,000 cases of the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Mercury Head, what he calls a "typical volume" for it. Sourced from a couple of well-known valley floor sites and the Stagecoach Vineyard (sometimes a bit of Monte Rosso Vineyard fruit makes it in the blend as well) and aged 13 months in 58% new oak, the nose offers up hints of menthol and cedar over a base of ripe cassis and cherries. It's full-bodied and velvety in the mouth, while a hint of dark chocolate creeps in on the lengthy finish.-Joe Czerwinski, The Wine Advocate. The 2021 Mercury Head, 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, is deep garnet-purple in color. A little subdued to begin, it soon unfurls to offer notes of creme de cassis, blueberry pie, and chocolate-covered cherries plus hints of Indian spices and mint tea. The full-bodied palate is rich and impactful, with a lively line and firm, grainy tannins supplying a rock-solid backbone, finishing with epic length and depth.-Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Independent. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon aged in 13 months, 58% New French Oak. Expressive sweet and savoury coconut, dill, and Kirsch aromas with toasty oak, vanillin and mocha. A towering red that enmeshes itself on the palate with a blanket of fine-grained tannins that resolve with a burly texture before clearing the way for more of the same flavours on the palate, joined by spiced rum cake and rum-soaked raisins. The ripe, sweet fruit is granted an aromatic lift from a good amount of glycerol, which remains cool and balanced through the finish of earth, wet river stones and dried herbs.-Jonathan Cristaldi, Decanter |
| Price: | $ 129.89 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Grand Vin Wine Merchants
| Address: |
1003 4th Avenue East Olympia, WA 98506 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 360-350-4896 |
First added to 1000 Corks on December 12, 2023.
