Big Table Farm Syrah 06
Big Table Farm Syrah 06 - “Dense purple, with the nose exhibiting blackberry and acacia flower notes, this 2006 Syrah has good acidity, medium to full body, and beautiful purity and length. Amazingly, this wine was made in two lots - one with 75% whole clusters and the second lot completely destemmed. The wine is superb, drinks well already, but should age nicely for another 5-6 years. Brian Marcy makes this wine, which comes from the White Hawk Vineyard in Santa Barbara County.” - The Wine Advocate - 90 points
Despite the fact that Brian and Clare are now in Oregon, the fruit for this wine is from California. (Brian does get homesick from time to time). Their dear friend Maggie Harrison carefully tends the Syrah block of White Hawk Vineyard in Santa Barbara County. She offered Big Table Farm the opportunity to purchase some of this premium fruit.
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The fruit was picked in late October to FYBs (little yellow bins that protect the fruit, but are loathed by all who have to deal with them - hence the ‘f’ in FYB) and brought to Oregon in a refrigerated truck. The grapes were hand sorted and cold soaked for five days to pick up flavor from the skins before fermenting. The grapes were then fermented in two lots – one completely destemmed, and the other 75% whole cluster. The resulting wine aged in 40% new French oak and was bottled after 14 months in barrel.
Clare says that they restrain themselves (with mixed success) from drinking the 06 Syrah now, and believe it will really begin to express itself fully this fall. 175 cases of the 2006 Big Table Farm Syrah were produced.
The label for the Syrah is printed by letterpress label printer /Inge/ Bruggeman. Inge hand printed each sheet and then hand cut the labels. The labels are then hand glued and applied to each bottle. You will notice the labels are much thicker than most and have a wonderful texture due to the printing process used. These labels are also more fragile than most so each bottle is then carefully wrapped in tissue. The art was drawn by Clare. You can count on the label art of every Big Table Farm being as unique as each vintage of wine.
