2022 Orin Swift Cellars Machete, California, USA (750ml) Verdelho open with a honeyed aroma

open with a honeyed aroma and ripe

Palate: it is much lighter on the palate

Heavily based on Pinot Noir

Tasted from tank just prior to bottling

this outstanding Chardonnay picks up additional richness with time in the glass

2022 Orin Swift Cellars Machete, California, USA (750ml) Verdelho open with a honeyed aromaWINEMAKER'S NOTES: The 2022 Machete relaxes in the glass with an opaque, inky garnet core and a neon violet rim; be careful, it stains. Aromatically, the wine opens with powerful notes of bright black plum, slate, cacao, wild sage and crushed gravel. The transition to the palate screams with its brawny presence of brooding blackberry pie and ripe blue fruits yet tempered with hints of orange peel and Amarena cherry. Chewy tannins, typical of Petite