This is a rare MAGNUM (1.5L bottle) of Orin Swift's Mercury Head CabernetOrin Swift Cellars winemaker, Dave Phinney, is well-know for his Prisoner Zinfandel. He also makes this fantastic, rare Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley - very limited.This rare wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon from the Taplin vineyard in St. Helena and the Morisoli vineyard in Rutherford. As in the previous vintage, it offers a complex intriguing structure along with vibrant dark fruit and subtle oak shadings. Cellar for up to a decade, or enjoy now with some aeration. Tiny production on this one, so don't wait long.
Tobin Trevarthen
Lush. Deep ruby and powerful nose. Winter kitchen goodness. Black cherry, spices, washes over your palette with a silky elegance. What a cab should represent.
Lush. Deep ruby and powerful nose. Winter kitchen goodness. Black cherry, spices, washes over your palette with a silky elegance. What a cab should represent.
9.3Mark Blatty
Great cab, great bottle
Great cab, great bottle
9.3David Denham
And the fun continues.
And the fun continues.
9.6Jeremy Autry
Sick.
Sick.
9.5Pooneet K
Big - high alcohol, tons of fruit, oak, etc. A bit medicinal / vegetal that came across as slightly unintegrated. For me this needs a big fatty steak, ideally in a couple years after a long decent.
Big - high alcohol, tons of fruit, oak, etc. A bit medicinal / vegetal that came across as slightly unintegrated. For me this needs a big fatty steak, ideally in a couple years after a long decent.
8.9Ted Serbinski
Needs at least 2 hours to decant. Super full bodied. A tad too green vegetal for me. #2GU #MiniWineReview
Needs at least 2 hours to decant. Super full bodied. A tad too green vegetal for me. #2GU #MiniWineReview
8.9Al Shikoh
Deep purple with ripe blackcurrants, blackberry, and oak on the nose. Hot and high alcohol on the palate with sweet black fruit predominant over any tannic structure or acidity.
Deep purple with ripe blackcurrants, blackberry, and oak on the nose. Hot and high alcohol on the palate with sweet black fruit predominant over any tannic structure or acidity.
8.8Edmond Bordelon
Robust red for the best pork chop on the east coast
Robust red for the best pork chop on the east coast
9.2Dave Moses
Underwhelming. Given the provenance & price point I had high expectations. What I got was thin & one dimensional.
Underwhelming. Given the provenance & price point I had high expectations. What I got was thin & one dimensional.
8.6Paul Stefani
Its really nice, but your better off buying the Papillon at half the price.
Its really nice, but your better off buying the Papillon at half the price.
9.0WARNING: DRINKING DISTILLED SPIRITS, BEER, COOLERS, WINE AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY INCREASE CANCER RISK, AND, DURING PREGNANCY, CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS.