CASE PRICE = $22.99 per bottle (add 12+ quantity to your basket)
Notes from the Winemaker:
With the big easy we wanted to pay homage to one of our
favorite cities, a culinary Mecca and great supporters of our wines, New Orleans.
Notes of black pepper, blueberry, blackberry, mocha, smoked meat and leather
are found on the nose along with flavors of black cherry, blueberry, dark
chocolate, vanilla, smoked meat and BBQ spice on the palate. Enjoy this meaty,
well structured blend to a long lengthy finish with its dense chocolaty
tannins.
Ratings & Reviews
91 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (2007 vintage):"The 2007 Syrah The Big Easy is a richer, fuller-bodied, more powerful wine, but, in keeping with Fess Parker’s stylistic orientation, it remains very approachable with silky tannins as well as more oak and flesh. It is a deep, chewy, rich effort displaying plenty of blackberry, incense, and toasty oak notes. Full-bodied and opulent, it is best consumed over the next 7-8 years." -Robert Parker (Aug 2010)
92 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (2006 vintage):"Made in a similar style, only bigger, richer, and more complex, the 2006 Syrah The Big Easy exhibits a dark plum/purple color, full body, and a sexy combination of smoky barbecue notes intermixed with meat juices, creme de cassis, blackberries, plums, and figs. It is a lush, heady red to enjoy over the next 6-7 years." -Robert Parker (8/09)
92 Points - Wine Enthusiast Magazine (2006 vintage):"This bottling has been getting seriously good in recent years. Delicious now, a softly rich, decadent wine filled with blackberry tart, cherry pie, blueberry, milk chocolate, anise and pepper flavors, and fully dry. But very high in alcohol, and not an ager." - S.H. (9/1/2009)
90 Points - Wine Spectator Magazine (2006 vintage): "Smooth, ripe and fleshy, with ripe black cherry and wild berry fruit delivered in a full-bodied style, ending with supple tannins and hints of pepper and spice. Shows some heat. Drink now through 2013. 804 cases made." -JL (2/09)
90 Points - Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (2006 vintage): "Bright ruby. Powerful aromas of blackcurrant, dark cherry and spicecake, with a smoky undertone of dark chocolate. Weighty dark berry flavors stain the palate and are framed by supple tannins. Rich but energetic, finishing with clinging smoke and spices. This is complex enough to enjoy now." - Josh Raynolds (Nov/Dec '09)
