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Product Notes
The Orin Swift Papillon is a highly celebrated Napa Valley red blend that showcases the exceptional quality of the region's grapes. This blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec, and Cabernet Franc is a bold and complex wine that offers an intense aroma of dark fruits, vanilla, and a hint of toasted oak. The palate is full-bodied and rich, with layers of black cherry, blackberry, chocolate, and a touch of espresso. The tannins are firm but silky, providing a long and satisfying finish. The Orin Swift Papillon is a highly revered wine that perfectly captures the essence of Napa Valley's exceptional terroir.
Tasting Notes
An intense ink with a garnet rim, the wine opens with powerful aromatics of cassis, ripe boysenberry, and chaparral with hints of graphite, sage, fire -roasted meats and fresh brioche. The entry floods the palate with ripe dark fruit flavors of blackberry and black cherries as well as fresh minerality and a touch of kir and crme de menthe. With traces of tannin, the wine finishes with a lingering sweet licorice and a smooth acidity. Overall, this vintage of Papillon truly characterizes the theme Ñbold and massive yet also delicate and complex.