2013 Orin Swift Cabernet Sauvignon Mercury Head

Community Tasting Notes (42) Avg Score: 92.6 points

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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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