Friday, October 29, 2010

Very nice treat! from Robert Parker's - The Wine Advocate

The hours are getting long for Brian right about now....

So getting the following VERY nice review and scores from the Wine Advocate was a nice shot in the arm!

94 Points - The 2008 Pinot Noir Resonance Vineyard
93 Points - The 2008 Pinot Noir Willamette Valley

The 2008 Pinot Noir Resonance Vineyard was sourced from abiodynamically farmed site and made with 75% whole clusters, naturally fermented, and aged sur lie. Medium ruby red, it offers up a seductive perfume of cedar, earth notes, Asian spices, incense, cherry, andraspberry. Mouth-filling, sweetly-fruited, intense, and concentrated,this precision effort will evolve for several years and deliver prime drinking from 2013 to 2023.

...The 2008 Pinot Noir Willamette Valley was sourced primarily from the Johan Vineyard, made with 60% whole clusters, and aged in 25% new oak.It offers up a splendid nose of balsam wood, exotic spices, underbrush,...cherry, and raspberry. Dense, sweet, and packed with fruit, it concealsenough structure to evolve for 2-3 years. This pleasure-bent effort will be at its best from 2012 to
2020.

Big Table Farm began making wine in 2006 from purchased fruit, planted a 70 acre vineyard, and built a winery in Gaston. Production in 2008 was 350 cases.

No telephone number available.

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for the record... the 'marketing department' aka me clearly did a bad job getting the facts to the wine taster ( although I wish some of these things were true...)

"Big Table Farm began making wine in 2006 from purchased fruit, planted a 70 acre vineyard, and built a winery in Gaston. Production in 2008 was 3
50 cases."

No telephone number available.

#1 - we have no vineyard (yet!) unless Brian planted 70 acres with out telling me...

#2 - we also have no winery (yet!) we have a 1/2 falling down barn that we propped up this summer to host a great summer IPNC event and now holds hay and horses.. Someday I would love to have the cash to do this.. with a few more nice reviews hey you never know what could happen - dare to dream I say

#3 350 cases !!! we only made 77 of the Willamette Valley and 94 cases of the Resonance Vineyard...

oh and my number is on my web site www.bigtablefarm.com if you'd like to order wine you more than welcome to call me : )
#3

6 comments:

Cecelia (CC) said...

It's all true, just in the future!

big love

Joseph said...

OK - Holy Crap - is my first thought - Way to go is my second thought! The New York Times of the Wine world - writin' about you guys. Sheeeshh that is outta control.

Watch out Napa here comes Oregon with Marcy and Carver with heaps of talent!

Joseph said...

OK - Holy Crap - is my first thought - Way to go is my second thought! The New York Times of the Wine world - writin' about you guys. Sheeeshh that is outta control.

Watch out Napa here comes Oregon with Marcy and Carver with heaps of talent!

carver family said...

This is absolutely THRILLING news.
What a joy for both of you that
Brian has received this recognition.
What a gifted team.

C&B

Gail said...

I love keeping up with life at the Big Table Farm. Now I'm compelled to comment. What an excellent review! Your "marketing manager" deserves a raise.

Clare Carver said...

thanks for all the enthusiasm folks and thanks gail - perhaps that winemaker husband of mine will take me out to dinner... : )