Orin Swift Palermo Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
- 93
- $100
- Drink by: 2021 - 2033
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This is made in an unashamed manner to create a very approachable and immediately drinkable Napa cabernet sauvignon with a ripe, generous and full blown style. There’s all that delicious rich, dark fruit loaded with spicy plum and blackcurrant. Then there is the counterbalance from a typical bay leaf varietal character with a dollop of dark chocolate and a touch of liqueur. The palate is long and lavishly supported with ample oak and tannins, although oak has been well managed. You can cellar if you wish but to me this is a wine that should be enjoyed while its primary fruit is to the fore.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
