while bright acidity keeps everything lifted
the wine is aged for over two years in large oak casks
followed by subtle notes of lemongrass and wet stone
and all the time in the world to stretch out
planted on decomposed granite
Arnot-Roberts, Syrah Sonoma Coast, 2024 giro-bello-club while bright acidity keeps everythingThe Arnot Roberts house style in one bottle cool climate Syrah from the far western edges of Sonoma. This is the appellation Syrah, a blend pulled from a quartet of older cool climate sites: Que (planted 1994 above Occidental, the oldest Sonoma Coast Syrah planting), Baker Lane (windswept sandy hills west of Sebastopol), Clary Ranch, and Walker Vine Hill (formerly Solas). Each vineyard ferments separately, whole cluster, native yeast, no destemming