Arnot-Roberts, Syrah Que Syrah Vineyard, 2018 Corison wines SO122025 and at twenty-four years on

and at twenty-four years on it is drinking exactly as intended: gentle

Owned by the Delon family of Léoville Las Cases fame

a Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel estate

dry conditions

Organic farming and traditional capello sommerso fermentation (45 days skin contact) yield mineral-driven Nebbiolo with remarkable structure and age-worthiness

Arnot-Roberts, Syrah Que Syrah Vineyard, 2018 Corison wines SO122025 and at twenty-four years onQue Syrah, named for the play on que sera sera, is the oldest Syrah planting on the Sonoma Coast, set on a forested coastal ridgetop above Occidental at 850 feet, about three miles from the Pacific. Arnot Roberts has farmed it since 2013, and the long, cool growing season here gives a spicy, aromatic style miles from the jammy California stereotype. The 2018 is fermented whole cluster, which adds stemmy backbone and freshness, and it's just 12. 7%