Quigley Family Wines Syrah

Tasting notes & discussion 16

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Typically $45/bottle from Quigley Family Wines
Vintage 2021 from Mendocino County
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About Quigley Family Wines: “Our goal each year is to produce singular wines of aromatic purity, texture, and freshness. With a nod towards the Old World we achieve this through the inclusion of stems in our red fermentations, little new oak, and native yeast fermentations when the season allows. Any dogma around our winemaking is thrown out the window apart from a light-hand with sulphur additions. This philosophy allows each vineyard to become the center piece of the finished wine. Our hope is that you find our wines not only vibrant young, but worthy of age.”

Quigley Down Under

TASTING NOTES: “Situated at 2,500 feet of elevation in decomposing sandstone, our terraced block at Alder Springs is planted to multiple clones of Syrah looking out over forested groves and streams near the northern terminus of the Mendocino County. The grapes were harvested on September 19th, 2021, then underwent a natural fermentation on whole clusters with a small percentage of Viognier for an aromatic lift. The wine was pressed to third use and neutral French oak for 18 months of barrel age. Our Syrah shows black plum, bittersweet chocolate, black olive, and violets.” (AbV 13.1%)

VARIETALS: Mostly Syrah, small percentage of Viognier.

BARRELS: 18 months in neutral French oak.

PAIRS WITH: N/A

THAT REMINDS ME OF: Quigley Down Under. Not to be confused with or considered the sequel to Quigley, the movie where Gary Busey plays a Pomeranian. No, Quigley Down Under is a 1990 neo-western film about an 1860’s American cowboy, played by Tom Selleck, who journeys to Australia for a job, only to turn on his employer.

Matthew Quigley is a sharpshooter with a fancy rifle, capable of shooting accurately up to 900 yards. Answering an ad looking for someone of his talent, he ships out to Australia, only to realize the job is essentially an ethnic cleansing. Elliot Marston, played by Alan Rickman, wants to get rid of the Aboriginal peoples in the area. Quigley is not on board with this. After Marston leaves him for dead, a group of Aboriginal Australians pick him up. Firmly on their side now, he does his best to protect them and take out Marston and his men through multiple battles, culminating of course in the typical Western showdown.

Interestingly, the film was written back in 1974 and it took 15 years to finally get into production, due to the script changing hands through multiple producers and studios.

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