Taste Notes
Primary Notes: Black Plum, Cassis, Boysenberry Cherry
Secondary Notes: Vanilla,
Tertiary Notes:
Wine Structure
Body: Full
Dryness: Dry
Acidity: High
Tannin: High
Alcohol (%): 15.7
Origin & Awards
Origin: Napa Valley, California, USA
Maker: Orin Swift Cellars
Grape: Petit Syrah Blend
Fermentation: Slight Wood
Awards:
Serving Recommendations
Decanting: 1 hour
Serving Temperature: Best served at 16 degrees.
Asian Food Pairing:
Western Food Pairing: Pair with lamb chops, a good steak, veal stew.
Description
Orin Swift Cellars Machete
The baddest wine of them all, Machete takes no prisoners. Orin Swift Cellars Machete takes no prisoners. It's in-your-face aromatically, punching your mouth from within. The tannins remind you of what it's like to feel and the ink will put a smile on your face. Robust, dominant and unapologetic, the wine creates its own gravity, pulling all towards it.About the Label
The creative (if slightly disturbing gothic and grunge) style of Orin Swift labels encourage you to rethink wine through a different lens. Each label is an evocative expression of art that leaves a heart-skipping impression. This rich and expressive red 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. On a journey, a machete exists to serve a specific purpose: to cut, slash and forge a path through the thicket. In many ways, Machete has done similarly, albeit symbolically. It forges ahead, showcasing a seamless blend with both finesse and power, ultimately, creating a wine that embodies the spirit and energy of Orin Swift. 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 ‘Killers” had been keyed onto the side of the car. Inspired, Phinney set up a photo shoot with the cop car using Calistoga’s moon-like landscape as a backdrop. His initial idea of keying the word ‘Machete’ onto the car and shooting a machete-wielding model behind the wheel didn’t pan out. Shot over the course of two days, it took over 10,000 attempts to get a dozen Phinney was happy with. “The model is always high up in the frame of every image. She’s always in a position of power. That was important to me,” he says.
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES
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Made of Petite Sirah, Syrah and Malbec and aged for ten months in 40% new French oak, the deep purple-black colored 2016 Proprietary Red Machete sings of crushed black raspberries and warm blackberries with hints of bay leaves, tilled soil and garrigue. Full-bodied, firm and grainy, it has a lively line and tons of evocative black fruit and sautéed herbs layers, finishing long and earthy.