2024 Orin Swift Bloodlines estate spotlight
The market on this bottle
U.S. shop listings for this 750ml, before sales tax. Auctions and clearance specials are left out. The main-listing low is $27.99, so this bottle is $28. Checked 2026-10-06.
Dave Phinney, California Cabernet
2024 Orin Swift Bloodlines Cabernet Sauvignon, California, USA
He redrew the red rings more than 300 times.
Bloodlines is Dave Phinney's California Cabernet Sauvignon, not a Napa Valley bottling. He found winemaking on both sides of his family. The bottle is $28.
A California Cabernet, tied to both sides of the family
The 2024 is Cabernet Sauvignon from California. It is not a Napa Valley bottling. Alcohol is 14.9 percent. Phinney ties the wine to winemaking on both sides of his family.
The red rings took drawing after drawing before he kept them. If a California Cabernet this ready for the grill is the bottle in front of you, what are you still weighing it against?
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The rings, then the glass
The red rings took more than 300 drawings. Dave Phinney found winemaking on both sides of his family, and that is the mark on the bottle.
In the glass the color runs from a deep core to a fuchsia rim. Pluot, boysenberry, blackcurrant, black pepper, leather, and a rocky perfume lead, then blackberry and lavender, with drying tannins.
Pluot, pepper, lavender, and a dry finish
Pluot and boysenberry come first, then blackcurrant, black pepper, leather, and a rocky perfume. Blackberry and lavender follow, and the tannins dry the finish.
Open the 2024 at $28. Twelve bottles ship free in the lower 48. Hawaii and Alaska are quoted on their own.
Pluot, boysenberry, blackcurrant, black pepper, leather, and a rocky perfume.
Blackberry and lavender.
Drying tannins.
California Cabernet at 14.9 percent
Bloodlines is Cabernet Sauvignon from California, and the alcohol is 14.9 percent.
The 2024 is Cabernet Sauvignon. It is a California bottling, not a Napa Valley bottling.
Alcohol is 14.9 percent.
The red rings on the label took more than 300 drawings, from a winemaker who found the work on both sides of his family.
A family in wine, and rings he would not rush
The label was redrawn until the rings were the ones he would keep.
Dave Phinney found winemaking on both sides of his family.
He worked the red rings through more than 300 drawings.
Bloodlines is the California Cabernet Sauvignon that carries that mark.
Carne asada and grilled spring onions
Charred beef meets the black pepper and leather. Grilled spring onions keep the plate bright next to the dark fruit.
Carne asada for the pepper and leather, and grilled spring onions beside the meat.
A short rest in the glass is enough.
Carne asada
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt marinates skirt steak with dried chiles, citrus, and spices, then grills it over high heat.
Why it works: The char and the chile line up with black pepper and leather, and the citrus lifts the boysenberry.
View Recipe for Carne asada (opens in a new tab)Charred spring onions
BBC Good Food lays trimmed spring onions on a hot grill or griddle until they soften and blacken.
Why it works: The sweet char cuts the drying tannins and keeps lavender and pepper from sitting alone.
View Recipe for Charred spring onions (opens in a new tab)Open the California Cabernet
A family Cabernet with those red rings, and the bottle is $28.
Take the 2024 Bloodlines home.
