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Orin Swift Slander Pinot Noir California 2019 (750ml)
Price: $69.99
Sale Price: $49.99
...refined, incredibly balanced and energetic throughout with ripples of acidity; notes of...
| Producer | Orin Swift Slander Pinot Noir California |
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| Country | United States |
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| Region | California |
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| Varietal | 100% Pinot Noir |
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| Vintage | 2019 |
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| Sku | 25783 |
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| Size | 750ml |
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Staying humble and letting the grapes do the talking is how we get better at winemaking every vintage. Pinot Noir requires even more humility, especially in the vineyards - when the grapes are ready, they’re ready. Requiring a gentler approach with punchdowns rather than pumpovers, Pinot Noir expresses itself when it is least manipulated. Sourced primarily from the Sta. Rita Hills AVA on the Central Coast, along with prominent vineyards across the state such as the Annapolis Ridge Vineyard on the Sonoma Coast and the Del Rio Vineyard in the Russian River Valley, the 2019 Slander is a union of California Pinot Noir made with the Orin Swift signature style.
Orin Swift Slander Pinot Noir California 2019
Emerging from the bottle with a glowing cardinal hue, the 2019 Slander opens with a mouthwatering nose of bright strawberry and Rainier cherry with shades of milk chocolate, passion fruit and pink guava. The palate is refined, incredibly balanced and energetic throughout with ripples of acidity; notes of cranberry, sweet cherry pie, sour plum, black mission fig, graham cracker and chocolate covered almond. The wine closes with a mediating acidity and an almost unnoticeable dash of oak tannin.
Composition: 100% Pinot Noir
Maturation: Aged for 8 months in French Oak, 51% New.
Alcohol: 15.2
Orin Swift Slander Pinot Noir California Description
Orin Swift Cellars
Saint Helena, California
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, so in 1998 he founded Orin Swift Cellars; 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.
We welcome you to stop by and visit us at our tasting room located in downtown St. Helena.
