Orin Swift Papillon Red 2021

Orin Swift Papillon Red

Region: California, USA

Vintage: 2021

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec, Cabernet Franc 

ABV: 15%

Serious Californian red with powerful aromas of sage, fire-roasted meats and the local underbrush known as chaparral, followed by blackcurrants, boysenberries and black cherries in the mouth, all freshened by a pervading minerality.

Sourced from hand-picked vineyards across the various Napa Valley AVAs, this vintage of Papillon epitomizes the house style at Orin Swift: accessible, powerful and complex. The label is a photograph taken by good friend and fellow winemaker, Greg Gorman.

The 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 “studying”. 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’s middle name and Swift is his mother’s 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.

https://www.orinswift.com