PRE-ORDER: troon 2021 syrah, estate vineyard – $58.95
PRE-ORDER: troon 2021 syrah, estate vineyard – $58.95
Configuration: (6 x 750mL)
Winery: Troon Vineyard
Appellation: Troon Estate Vineyard, Kubli Bench, Applegate Valley, Rogue Valley, Southern Oregon
Philosophy/Practices: ROC-Certified Regenerative Organic
ABV: 13.2%
Juicy blackberry, black currant, violets & purple blossoms, a handful of drying herbs, graphite.
Why we love it: The Syrah grown and made at Troon quickly became everyone’s favourite red wine, and the flagship of the estate in its new, regenerative chapter. Full-bodied with gorgeous, balancing freshness and with complex flavours that envelop the whole experience while sipping it… it’s no wonder that this is one of the wines that keeps New York Times wine critic, Eric Asimov making the trek to the Siskiyou mountains, specifically go to visit Troon.
Syrah is one of our favourite grapes, and leads the way at Troon in demonstrating – for holistic farming – just how important it is to plant grapes that suit the climate in order to produce the best-quality wine you can craft.
Only the second Certified Regenerative winery in the world, Troon takes a holistic approach to varieties that are quite unique to Oregon. Think syrah, grenache, roussanne, vermentino, viognier… And the decision to grow more esoteric grapes isn’t a coincidence: after many years of research and experimental planting, the Troon team concluded that these grape varieties grow most naturally in this arid, mountainous region. For white wines, vermentino leads the way, having become the flagship white (and ALWAYS everyone’s favourite!) for this eco-leading estate.
By choosing grapes that are better-suited to the climate, the Troon team greatly reduce the amount of intervention required through the growing and winemaking process; the work that’s left is the proactive, holistic farming that simply helps the vines and the rest of the farm to thrive.
