2007 Orin Swift Red Wine, The Prisoner Napa Valley
Just after I moved to San Francisco a newly made friend appeared at one of my dinner parties with a bottle of The Prisoner. This was a wine which would change my mind about blends completely.
I had never heard of the Orin Swift Winery before and so could have had no idea that the bottle of wine I was about to try would hit very close to home in regards to its producers background, which like mine was in political science. An unusual starting point for a man who would go on to make such an interesting selection of wines but one which opened my eyes further to the random and interesting backgrounds that people have before they immerse themselves in a life of wine.
The 2007 is a wine which has
50% Zinfandel
24% Cabernet Sauvignon
14% Syrah
9% Petite Sirah
2% Charbono
1% Grenache
I am particularly fond of Zinfandel but the high percentage of Cabernet gives this wine a bigger punch which the other grapes soften it on the palate. I will at a later point add my own review of this wine however for now I would like to point you in the direction of Doug Wilder who recently reviewed it and gave it 95. (http://www.wildernapavalley.com/)
This wine has become a favourite of mine for its outstanding taste to price ratio and because it has come to mean far more to me in regards to what it represents.
Before I met my fiance I wasn’t particularly interested in red wines, I enjoyed them but didn’t get excited by them. When we got together my education in red wines continued and now some of my favourite wines are red. This is an American wine given first to me by a man who is now a dear friend and so ties together the past, present and future in one bottle for me.
Review to follow.
