Winemaker Notes from Nate Wall
The fruit for the 2021 Syrah was harvested September 29-30, 2022, and put into open-top bins with, on average, 30% whole cluster. Including whole clusters can enhance syrah's spice and pepper characteristics while broadening the mid-palate and bringing more freshness to the wine. Like all Troon Vineyard wines, the ferments started spontaneously from indigenous yeasts with no additives. The
wine was handled gently during fermentation with just one punch-down or foot treading per day, and the wine proceeded to ferment outside until it finished roughly three to four weeks later. The wine was then pressed off to age in neutral French oak barrels for 18 months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered with a small dose of sulfur added at bottling.

Troon Vineyard is a Demeter Biodynamic and Regenerative Organic Gold Certified farm and winery in Oregon's Applegate Valley. On this label is valerian, one of the botanicals we grow as part of our Biodynamic regenerative farming. This wine is naturally crafted with minimal intervention to bring the purest expression of their land to your glass. All Troon wines are made from Biodynamic grapes spontaneously fermented with indigenous yeasts with no additives of any kind.

Applegate Valley syrah is more restrained and elegant than most new world syrah wines. Our unique growing season is ideal for syrah and naturally yields wines with moderate alcohol levels and elevated acidity. At Troon, our Estate Syrah is layered with the black and white pepper notes that define the Rhône Valley’s most sought-after wines from this variety. The 2021 Troon Vineyard Estate Syrah
is a savory wine with a rich but balanced personality that will develop even more complexity with time in the cellar. 

Certified Organic. Biodynamic. Minimal sulfites.

Unfined/Unfiltered, low SO2

13.2% ABV

B-3