2022 Orin Swift Cellars Machete, California, USA (750ml) Verdelho Tasted from tank just prior

Tasted from tank just prior to bottling

13% Sémillon

The grapes were harvested at perfect maturity

Heavily based on Pinot Noir

open with a honeyed aroma and ripe

2022 Orin Swift Cellars Machete, California, USA (750ml) Verdelho Tasted from tank just priorWINEMAKER'S NOTES: The 2022 Machete relaxes in the glass with an opaque, inky garnet core and a neon violet rim; be careful, it stains. Aromatically, the wine opens with powerful notes of bright black plum, slate, cacao, wild sage and crushed gravel. The transition to the palate screams with its brawny presence of brooding blackberry pie and ripe blue fruits yet tempered with hints of orange peel and Amarena cherry. Chewy tannins, typical of Petite