THESE
WILL SELL OUT FAST. HUGE SCORING ORIN SWIFT CALIFORNIA CHARDONNAY
The
wines of Orin Swift come to us from the genius of David Phinney. Phinney is
undoubtedly one of the great young creative minds in all of wine. Many of you
will know him from the hugely successful wine Orin Swift The Prisoner. Phinney
is not only making some of the finest in California but is also making wine all
over the world with huge success. The man has the Midas touch when it comes to
blending wine and the guy is fanatical when it comes to quality declassifying
vintage after vintage if he is not happy. He makes big, rich, hedonistic style
reds of the highest order. I have been touting the greatness of the 2013
vintage in Napa. It is a truly great vintage of our time getting 98pts by
Parker the highest rating he has ever given a vintage and all the experts
agree. Today I have Phinney's spectacular 2016
Orin Swift Mannequin Chardonnay that
got a monster 96pts by Parker and is by far the highest scoring California
white in ages by Parker. The wine is sourced from very carefully selected site
from all over Northern California. Phinney just destroyed it in 2016 with this
wine. The wine is 76% Chardonnay with small amounts of white Rhone varietals to
add even more weight and richness to this white. If you love rich, round Cali
Chard this wine will blow you away and matched with the price, an absolute
run-away buy.
96pts Parker
Parker,
“The 2016 Proprietary White Mannequin, which draws fruit from diverse regions
of Northern California such as the Carneros Basin and the Sonoma Coast, is
actually a blend of 76% Chardonnay, 8% Viognier, 6% Marsanne, 5% Grenache
Blanc, 3% Muscat and 2% Roussanne. This is amazing wine, a gorgeous,
full-throttle, honeyed wine with a light-gold color, oodles of tropical fruits
including pineapple and mango, rose petal and floral notes, and beautifully
integrated oak (aged in 40% new French oak on its lees for 11 months). It is a magnificent,
full-throttle, exuberant dry white to drink over the next 3-4 years.
Dave Phinney, better known for his winery called Orin Swift, is one of the more
creative young minds in all of the world’s winedom. He is doing things that are
far beyond his modest age and deserves to be commended for the brilliant
individuality/singularity of all of his efforts.â€
Dazzling straw-gold in color, the wine serves up
superrich aromas of ripe pineapple, vanilla bean, raw coconut, and honeyed
lemon. The entry is supremely lush with complex flavors of roasted fig,
apricot, green apple, and orchard fruit. Further, the wine’s energetic profile
leads to stunning mineral notes, flint, exotic spice, and lemongrass framed in
roasted marshmallow. The abundant richness remains through the finish with clarity
and length, while supported with a youthful brightness.