Arnot-Roberts Sonoma Coast Syrah 2023 NO20230816 after generations of experiments

after generations of experiments

planting an estate in Marlborough's Wairau Valley

70% Meunier

which lets the site's lift and perfume come through instead of burying it

Arnot-Roberts Sonoma Coast Syrah 2023 NO20230816 after generations of experimentsTheir flagship cool climate California Syrah, drawing on a rotating cast of edge of the continent vineyards in Sonoma. A long, cool growing season the hallmark of the 2023 vintage delivers complete ripeness at low sugar, and each block is fermented separately whole cluster, then aged in foudre (30%) and neutral French oak. The result is dark fruited, peppery and savory in a Northern Rhone register, never heavy. Arguably one of the great syrahs of the