This basket features two of Glen Lyons' best wines that are typically only available to GlenLyon "Clan Members".

Squire's Toast

Squire’s Toast is the initial installment of GlenLyon’s “Clown Series” with artwork by artist and friend Karen Gersch.  (Those of your who are aware of Squire’s past life in Big Red Shoes will understand Karen’s artwork on the label....)  Karen, a renowned Pratt-trained artist living in NYC, has been a circus-clown her entire adult life and her art specialty is her phenomenal circus-themes.  You can visit her website and see her amazing work at www.artbykeg.info

Squire’s Toast is an “Aussie-style” blend, combining our Estate Syrah with Cabernet Sauvignon from Hunter Farms here in Glen Ellen. Both the Syrah and Cabernet fruit are wild-yeast fermented, spend three weeks on the skins, are pressed and then barreled in both Damy and Bernard French oak barrels. We always do a final blend of the two varietals a few months prior to hand-bottling and each year we vary the percentage that goes into the final mix, depending on the results of a blind tasting with friends and family.

The wine is ruby red in color, has a bouquet of roses and violets, is very soft in tannins and filled with flavors of red raspberries and cherries.  It’s VERY easy to drink and is REALLY yummy!

Estate Syrah

Every grape that goes into our Syrah is grown and harvested here at GlenLyon.  We’ve never added store-bought yeast to the fruit and it always begins fermentation as Mother Nature (and Dionysos) intended.  (Squire insists “There’s magic afoot!” each year it begins bubbling!) With minimal intervention and after the fruit is magically transformed into wine here at GlenLyon, the wine is aged, cellared, bottled and stored here until it leaves our home for yours.  Hear! Hear! Hear!

Each vintage of GlenLyon Estate Syrah has a common thread of bouquet and flavor.  The Syrah is always noticeably complex, elegant, supple and harmonious with hints of red raspberries, cinnamon, cocoa powder and bitter-sweet chocolate. The fruit, tannins and alcohol are always in perfect harmony. Our Syrah is always round and rich without being overbearing.

You’re gonna LOVE it!

Food Pairing Suggestions:
Without a doubt, lamb is the perfect choice to compliment our Syrah but Squire likes it A LOT with BBQ’d fresh salmon with a touch of olive oil and cracked pepper.