Arnot-Roberts "Grand Cru" 2021
Along with a small group of fellow trailblazers, Duncan Arnot Meyers and Nathan Lee Roberts have led the way in helping redefine what California wine can be and taste like. Their wines have a deep... Read More
Along with a small group of fellow trailblazers, Duncan Arnot Meyers and Nathan Lee Roberts have led the way in helping redefine what California wine can be and taste like. Their wines have a deep sense of terroir, refined and elegant structure and are deliciously complex. In 2001, when they began this endeavor, finding local wines with these qualities was tough. But along with their aforementioned colleagues, they started a small revolution and these days you can walk into many a wine shop and find an example of what's been coined, “The New California Wine”.
But, perhaps a better handle for Duncan and Nathan's wines might be “The New California Classics”. Their wines are a nod to the great California wines made in the decades before Parkerization. They have shown that California is capable of producing wines that shine in their youth and will gracefully age to glorious full maturity. The wines on offer below are amongst their most long lived. These are their interpretations of the great Burgundian varieties, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. They have the elegance and structure of the Cote d’Or but with a joie de vivre that's all Cali.
Like all great winemakers, the cornerstone Duncan and Nathan’s approach starts in the vineyard. They are dedicated to finding super distinct and unique sites from Mendocino in the North to the Santa Cruz Mountains South of the Bay Area. Their enormous respect for California’s terroir have led them to some of the state’s most celebrated vineyards. But they aren’t just about the famous sites; they know the state is full of amazing and still unheralded regions and they’ve done an incredible job of hunting out great vines in very special spots.
Winemaking at Arnot-Roberts borrows from both the ancient and modern traditions. While each wine gets its own regime, they are all fermented with native yeast, see little or no new wood, and in the case of the red, whole-cluster inclusion.
I am very proud to offer these wines today. They are an embodiment of the qualities we at the shop value in all of the world’s great wines; the ability to express the individuality of the sites where they come from and to exude complexity and balance from its youth through full maturity.
But, perhaps a better handle for Duncan and Nathan's wines might be “The New California Classics”. Their wines are a nod to the great California wines made in the decades before Parkerization. They have shown that California is capable of producing wines that shine in their youth and will gracefully age to glorious full maturity. The wines on offer below are amongst their most long lived. These are their interpretations of the great Burgundian varieties, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. They have the elegance and structure of the Cote d’Or but with a joie de vivre that's all Cali.
Like all great winemakers, the cornerstone Duncan and Nathan’s approach starts in the vineyard. They are dedicated to finding super distinct and unique sites from Mendocino in the North to the Santa Cruz Mountains South of the Bay Area. Their enormous respect for California’s terroir have led them to some of the state’s most celebrated vineyards. But they aren’t just about the famous sites; they know the state is full of amazing and still unheralded regions and they’ve done an incredible job of hunting out great vines in very special spots.
Winemaking at Arnot-Roberts borrows from both the ancient and modern traditions. While each wine gets its own regime, they are all fermented with native yeast, see little or no new wood, and in the case of the red, whole-cluster inclusion.
I am very proud to offer these wines today. They are an embodiment of the qualities we at the shop value in all of the world’s great wines; the ability to express the individuality of the sites where they come from and to exude complexity and balance from its youth through full maturity.