Ummm. $1000 for 8 bottles of Orin Swift? I’ve got to take a huge pass on that one captain.
It would be fun to try them together though to see if you could discern any sort of different/unique characteristics between the wines, or I’d they all tasted pretty much the same. Well…it would be fun if someone else was paying of course
No experience but I would be skeptical and most definitely wouldn’t try them on my own dollar. Orin Swift is owned by Gallo. They’ve been trying to get into higher-end wines off and on for a long time and figured it’s easier to use brands that aren’t under their name.
Most of the other wines in that label are sourced from various places and blended into big, ripe, sweet wines. I’ve tried a handful and don’t intend to try any more. Kudos to Phinney for turning his brand into a multi-million dollar business, but the brand is not about any type of finesse and I’m not sure he has any interest in that type of wine. At that price, it’s an easy pass.
There’s some pretty good Zin out there for a LOT less money.
if 8 bottles of Orin Swift zin at $125 a pop isn’t enough to get you excited…just noticed they also hook you up with shipping for only $50!! Where do I sign???
That’s where I’ve always sat. I saw it and just shook my head. I’ve passed on Dark Matter’s Zins in the past, just could not see the price point even if it was spectacular Zin.
As someone else posted, would be interesting to see hjow the bottles vary, on someone’s else’s dime of course.
My guess (actually not a guess, I guess), the non-compete clause from the original Prisoner sale (2000’ish) is up, and DP can produce a “prisoner” (aka Zin blend) type wine. I’ll stick with the board favorites
It’s brooding and angsty. Like a young teen version of SQN. If you liked the Twilight movies, you would probably love it. Not hating because there are clearly hundreds of millions of reasons why it works.