One hour decant. Dark dark purple, almost black in the glass. This is giving off loads of sediment. Strong black and blue berry aromas. Tastes immediately like a blackberry liqueur infused chocolate truffle. These notes didn’t evolve much at all over a three hour drinking window. The tannins are smoothly integrated. Super high alcohol. It reads 15.5% but tastes much stronger—almost like a port.
This is an enjoyable wine, if much more rich and high-alcohol than my normal style, and seems like it’ll last forever (as per Parker’s review). I might give it a very long decant next time to see if and how it evolves.
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Drank this time over 2 nights. The first night it was lots of dark fruit, lots of blackberry, dark chocolate, and a hint of lavender, there was also a fairly big bite on the nose from the alcohol. The palate was actually rather surprising. It is fulled bodied, tannins nicely integrated, good flavor profile and a decent dose of fruit. Again, as I found typical of Orin Swift wines, a decent dose of alcohol to burn at the tail end.
The second night was a bit more of the same. I enjoyed this wine and believe it is just starting to enter its drinking window however I don't believe it will ever loose that alcoholic feel to it, that is the Orin Swift style. Having tasted his entire profile - this is by far the best of the lineup - it is the most refined and well put together wine. Hope you enjoy it like I did, though a bit of yin and yang wine.
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4/21/2024 - pdxwinefan wrote:
One hour decant. Dark dark purple, almost black in the glass. This is giving off loads of sediment. Strong black and blue berry aromas. Tastes immediately like a blackberry liqueur infused chocolate truffle. These notes didn’t evolve much at all over a three hour drinking window. The tannins are smoothly integrated. Super high alcohol. It reads 15.5% but tastes much stronger—almost like a port.
This is an enjoyable wine, if much more rich and high-alcohol than my normal style, and seems like it’ll last forever (as per Parker’s review). I might give it a very long decant next time to see if and how it evolves.
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1/27/2024 - jlmaz Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drank for steak dinner with Paige & Rory.
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11/22/2023 - Gopappa wrote: 91 Points
Better the second night. Needs a long decant.
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10/7/2023 - TexasBob wrote: 87 Points
Medium clear garnet color. Mixed berries on the nose. Deep and powerful and a definite sense of engineering . Not my cup of tea.
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5/7/2023 - pgrzesik Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drank this time over 2 nights. The first night it was lots of dark fruit, lots of blackberry, dark chocolate, and a hint of lavender, there was also a fairly big bite on the nose from the alcohol. The palate was actually rather surprising. It is fulled bodied, tannins nicely integrated, good flavor profile and a decent dose of fruit. Again, as I found typical of Orin Swift wines, a decent dose of alcohol to burn at the tail end.
The second night was a bit more of the same. I enjoyed this wine and believe it is just starting to enter its drinking window however I don't believe it will ever loose that alcoholic feel to it, that is the Orin Swift style. Having tasted his entire profile - this is by far the best of the lineup - it is the most refined and well put together wine. Hope you enjoy it like I did, though a bit of yin and yang wine.
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