2022 Orin Swift Cellars Machete, California, USA (750ml) Verdelho and no sulfur was added

and no sulfur was added to the tank until bottling the following summer

plum) notes with spicy hints of tobacco and cloves

Tasted from tank just prior to bottling

perfectly integrated background oak

2022 Orin Swift Cellars Machete, California, USA (750ml) Verdelho and no sulfur was addedWINEMAKER'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