| Producer | Orin Swift |
| Country | United States |
| Region | California |
| Subregion | Napa Valley |
| Varietal | Proprietary Red |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 8500011805 |
| Size | 750ml |
Papillon is our Napa Valley Cabernet-based Bordeaux blend - proudly consisting of all five of the varietals. Sourced from hand-picked vineyards across the various Napa Valley AVAs, this vintage of Papillon epitomizes the house style at Orin Swift - accessible, powerful and complex. The label is a photograph taken by our good friend and fellow winemaker, Greg Gorman
A neon indigo pours into the glass and sits with a dark garnet core and a lucid cardinal tint. A boisterous nose escapes the glass with aromatics of ripe boysenberry, kirsch, mixed dark berry pie, California Coastal sagebrush and chaparral. Delectable and plush on the palate, notes of blackberry and sweet black licorice culminate in a finish of dusty tannins and ripe black plum.
A Bordeaux Blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot and Merlot.
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.
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