BARNBURNER

This is one of 3 Syrah’s we have released this year. Each Farmed and Crafted the Same Way - Yet all 3 have distinct and unique Personalities -
Think of them as People - Yes, they were raised in the same home, and yes, they were treated the same way.
But just like children, Their personalities will develop separately and uniquely.
I don't know one parent with the same 3 kids, no matter how hard you tried to treat them the same way.
They are who they are, Even if 100% of their DNA is the same… They are going to be their own person. .
This is the essence of what we do.
We allow these 3 wines to express themselves as individuals -
Each is unique - Each is Special -
Enjoy.

BARNBURNER - I have yet to meet someone more competitively intense than my brother. - a Barnburner is derived from an anecdote about a Dutch farmer who was willing to burn down his entire barn to get rid of the mice.
The farmer’s actions were considered radical and over-the-top, thus lending the term figuratively to mean an intense situation.
It is also used to describe an intense Game.
Both definitions of this term accurately describe my brother.
As young men, we were fiercely competitive.
I the older, devoid of talent.
He was the younger, brimming with talent.
I should also define talent.
Talent is: when you wish to be good at something and lock yourself away to master the activity.
Kirk would brute force the activity as a young man.
We would play something, and then I would be off to the next thing,
Kirk would stay in the driveway for the next 5 hours, mastering the activity. So that when we play again, he will have the competitive edge.
I have never seen someone burn down their barn more times in my life.
He would build and burn.
Build and burn
Build and burn.

Until perfection was achieved.
Looking back, I see the mechanism of repetition that my brother used to craft himself.
He wasn’t afraid to burn down the barn to achieve his goals.
He got so good at it, that when others were precious about what they had built once, they couldn’t burn it down.
He burned down his barn as a matter of ritual to accomplish his objectives.
I think about him and now this term, at least once a week…
I get precious about certain things….
And I really should be burning it down,
to rebuild it even better.

Barn Burning is an act of humility.
It is believing you can do better.
It’s tearing down the structure because you have mice.
Is it over the top?
Absolutely.
Is it terrifying?
Unquestionably.
Is it insane?
Probably.
But, when you are in the act of progress.
When you are in the act of betterment.
When your only goal is perfection
When your only goal is true mastery.
You build and burn the barn down again and again
Even if you see one mouse, one error, or one imperfection.
Burn it down. Try again
My brother taught me that.
He is The Barnburner

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