Orin Swift 8 Years in the Desert 2024 (750ml)
Product price
$49.99
Description
Orin Swift's 2024 8 Years in the Desert is a red blend built on Zinfandel from Dry Creek Valley, supplemented by Petite Sirah from Monte Rosso and Syrah from Stagecoach. The wine spends eight months in French oak (32% new) before bottling. At 15.4% alcohol, it carries real weight without heaviness.
The blend layers white pepper spice and jammy mulberry with ripe raspberries and hints of stone fruit. There's a cooler blue-fruited character running underneath the riper notes, lending freshness and complexity. Velvety tannins support the fruit throughout, finishing long and bright with a silky mouthfeel. This vintage shows the freshness and structure that makes the wine age well, offering both immediate appeal and the structure to develop further.
Product Details
| Category | Wine |
| Color | Red |
| Country | USA |
| Region | California |
| Subregion | Napa Valley |
| Varietal | Red Blend |
| Producer | Orin Swift Cellars |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Size | 750 ML |
| Subtype | Still |
Expert Reviews
A proprietary red blend of Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, and Syrah. The Zinfandel comes from Stefani Vineyard in Dry Creek, the Petite Sirah from Monte Rosso, and the Syrah from Stagecoach. The wine is aged for eight months in 32% new French oak. The wine is layered with white pepper character and rich mulberry and jammy strawberry fruit, exactly as you’d expect from this blend, but with an added lift of cooler blue-fruited nuance. Everything is supported by a framework of velvety tannins that build through to a long, bright finish. This is the best vintage of this wine I’ve ever tasted. It brings a freshness and ageability factor that feels entirely new for this bottling—full stop. (Decanter, December 2025)
Based primarily on Zinfandel (60%, mainly from Sonoma's Dry Creek Valley), Orin Swift's 2024 Red Blend 8 Years in the Desert also includes 28% Petite Sirah, 7% Syrah and 5% other reds. The largest-production wine in the range this vintage (41,500 cases), it's a terrific effort, with a perfumed nose of ripe raspberries and hints of stone fruit. It's full-bodied (15.4% alcohol) and silky-textured, nicely balanced and mouthwatering, with soft tannins on the finish. (Wine Advocate, May 2026)