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Red

2013 Arnot-Roberts Pinot Noir Legan Vineyard

Santa Cruz Mountains more

4/22/2024 - rustyRudy wrote: 88 points

Fairly simple and one dimensional Pinot

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White

2022 Arnot-Roberts Ribolla Gialla Bengier Vineyard

Napa Valley more

4/21/2024 - Janda_42 wrote: 90 points

Eye: Pale straw

Nose: Very compelling nose. Minerality, stems, orchard fruit, Ceylon cinnamon, spice cabinet, white flowers, jasmine tea.

Palate: Very delicate. Low acid. Fleshy fruits; peach, apricot. More minerals, stems, cinnamon, spice, and tea. Beeswax. Medium bodied with some creamy texture in the back palate.

Finish: Short. Light umami. Fruit, black tea, pale melon.

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2011 Arnot-Roberts Syrah Griffin's Lair

Sonoma Coast more

4/21/2024 - Adam V Likes this wine: 91 points

I popped and poured this but have been taking my time with the glass. This pours a deep purple with a bit of bricking on the rim.

Blue and black fruit aromas burst from the glass when first poured and then chill out a bit. Kalamata olives and some wood. Hints of brett lurking in the background.

This is really nice. Perfectly ripe black and blue berries. Well-integrated tannins and a nice acidic backbone to keep things balanced. Medium body with tertiary flavors coming through behind the slightly more prominent fruit. 

Overall a really good wine that is probably on the downward slope of life. Should keep drinking well for another 5 years or so, but I don’t think it will get much better.

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Rosé

2022 Arnot-Roberts Rosé

California Rosé Blend more

4/19/2024 - BHP1994 wrote: 89 points

Not your sister-in-law’s boxed Rose. This is a bit more serious. Another “Tracker” called it “heft”. Totally agree. Definitely strawberries, Georgia peach, and maraschino cherries on the nose. Maybe some melon? Weighty in the mouth, but with nice acids to balance. Finishes a touch green. Nice but not my favorite.

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White

2016 Arnot-Roberts Old Vine White Heinstein Vineyard

Sonoma Valley White Blend more

4/19/2024 - acidqueen wrote: 92 points

Drinking beautifully right now with still time at this level. It needs some air to really get going, but once it does it has a light petrol Riesling character with green apple, stone and orange blossom. Very fresh, round and steely at the same time. For those who are not familiar, this is a white field blend with Riesling predominant and I am. It sure they know what else. They did a DNA test some years back and found that the Riesling was a much larger percentage than originally suspected but there are other old California Germanic whites in here too.
This wine always ages well and in 2016 it has well balanced ripeness and acid so it likely has time.

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White

2015 Arnot-Roberts Grüner Veltliner Alfaro Family

Santa Cruz Mountains more

4/19/2024 - Ben Christiansen wrote: NR

Whew, all butter scotch and weirdness. So round and doesn't taste like Gruner at all anymore.

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Red

2022 Arnot-Roberts Red Wine

California Red Bordeaux Blend more

4/18/2024 - Janda_42 Likes this wine: 92 points

PNP

Eye: Dark purple center to dark ruby rim.

Nose: Cassis. Black and red berries. A little steminess; a little tobacco.

Palate: More berries. Violets, roses. Good acid, drying tannins. This wine is very young and fresh. Cacao powder.

Finish: Tart and dry. Faint whisp of grape stem bitterness and eucalyptus.

This is the first bottle out of my AR allocation. It’s safe to say I’m pretty excited about what’s coming up.

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Red

2022 Arnot-Roberts Syrah Clary Ranch

Sonoma Coast more

4/15/2024 - nlyons83 wrote: 80 points

bland, not interesting, but not bad per se

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Red

2021 Arnot-Roberts Cabernet Sauvignon Clajeux Vineyard

Chalk Hill more

4/13/2024 - WindFlyer Likes this wine: NR

Arnot-Roberts Spring 2024 open house: dark purple with an opaque core and medium-plus body. very complex nose where blue iris petals and hints of smoke lace the blackberry, dark cherry and blueberry fruit notes. in mouth it is fresh, bright and at the moment, quite dense… so much so that beyond noting the concentration, high-toned acidity and polished but formidable tannins, i found it difficult to get a read on it.

on the basis of the nose, its balance, and its persistence, it is clearly an excellent wine… and one that in time will reward only a few drinkers, as only two barrels were produced.

13% AbV; fully destemmed; aged in neutral French oak barrels for twenty-two months.

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2021 Arnot-Roberts Cabernet Sauvignon Fellom Ranch

Santa Cruz Mountains more

4/13/2024 - WindFlyer Likes this wine: 93 points

Arnot-Roberts Spring 2024 open house: dark purple with an opaque core and medium-plus body. subtle notes of ash, cedar and sage waft thru the dark plum and cherry fruit aromas. very fresh and bright in mouth, the fruit has beautiful clarity and focus and is laced with lavender and crushed herb notes. very good length.

smooth but firm tannins should need a handful of years to subsume; but with the impeccable balance and the clarity in its fruit this wine hints at elegance to come… not to mention long life.

13.5% AbV; fully destemmed; aged for twenty-two months in French oak (10% new).

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Red

2022 Arnot-Roberts California Red

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4/13/2024 - WindFlyer Likes this wine: 92 points

Arnot-Roberts Spring 2024 open house: purple with opaque core and medium-plus body. bright nose of fresh dark fruit with hints of five-star spice. very juicy in the mouth with fruit that tends more red than dark and holds its own against the fairly grippy tannins. it has very good concentration, depth that is already apparent in accents of spice, good acidic lift and very good length.

more open at release than the '21 version, this should need not much more than a couple of years to be in a good drinking window. and while very concentrated, it shows more nuance as well.

13% AbV; blend of 57% Cab Sauv./ 22% Cab Franc/ 21% Merlot; fruit comes from three different vineyards (two of them contributing more than one varietal) in Sonoma Valley (Bedrock), Chalk Hill (Persia) and Russian River Valley (Las Cimas) AVAs; all sites were harvested, destemmed and vinified separately; after blending, half was aged in neutral oak barrels and half in concrete tanks for ten months.

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2022 Arnot-Roberts Syrah Que Syrah Vineyard

Sonoma Coast more

4/13/2024 - WindFlyer Likes this wine: 94 points

Arnot-Roberts Spring 2024 open house: bright purple with magenta rim and medium body. plum and dark berries mingle with lavender, star anise, and crushed herbs in the nose. also somewhat open already, there is a savoury core to the fruit from entry to finish and layers are already apparent. a firm structure will need some time to integrate but is already smooth-textured. finish is a bit clipped at the moment, but a long raspberry aftertaste follows.

while this will need a bit of time to open up, it will likely do so before the '21, even if its development runway turns to be a shorter. there is good upside potential here.

12% AbV; 75% whole cluster inclusion; basket pressed; aged in neutral French oak for ten months.

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Red

2022 Arnot-Roberts Syrah Clary Ranch

Sonoma Coast more

4/13/2024 - WindFlyer Likes this wine: 93 points

Arnot-Roberts Spring 2024 open house: magenta-tinted light purple and medium body. nose of blueberry and red plum with lavender, peppercorn and sea-spray accents. rather open already, there is a focused quality to the fruit as it unfolds in layers that show thru accents of pepper, herbs and bits of salty dust. moderately grippy but smooth tannins and very good length.

beautiful and focused expression of cool-climate Syrah. this should come around sooner than the '21… probably as soon as in a couple of years. and while it'll likely have a long life, the purity suggests it may be very rewarding in the medium term (say, around 2027).

12% AbV; 100% whole cluster inclusion; basket pressed; aged in neutral French oak for ten months.

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White

2022 Arnot-Roberts Ribolla Gialla Bengier Vineyard

Napa Valley more

4/13/2024 - WindFlyer Likes this wine: 91 points

Arnot-Roberts Spring 2024 open house: the source of the fruit is the same vineyard (now called Bengier, formerly known as Vare) as it has been.

pale straw colour and light body. fresh tangerine and ripe apple in the nose with floral whiffs. silky and a bit reticent in mouth, with time it gains in the mid palate with white-fleshed melon, lime and accents of honeycomb and fresh herbs. bright acidity that is proportional and very good length round up the experience.

this is certainly drinkable now, but i prefer my Ribollas with some five years in bottle to fill out some more and display more layers… upside potential there.

12% AbV; whole-cluster pressed with no skin contact and fermented in stainless; ten months' ageing in neutral French oak.

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White

2022 Arnot-Roberts Falanghina Russian River Valley

Dry Creek Valley more

4/13/2024 - WindFlyer Likes this wine: 89 points

Arnot-Roberts Spring 2024 open house: pale straw and medium body. very reticent nose with seashells (i wanted to put my ear to glass to check if i could hear the ocean while waiting for the nose to open up)… and then subtle whiffs of lemon, white blossoms and sea-spray. more expressive in mouth, the fresh lemon vein is prominent from entry to finish, and around it dance some notes of stonefruit and hazelnut. the saline accent carries thru the moderately long finish.

dry and smooth textured, it is very refreshing and just about accessible.

well-carried 13.5% AbV; all Beneventana clone from two sites (70% from Las Cimas and 30% from Handel-Denier); whole cluster fermented and malo in stainless, then aged in neutral French oak for ten months.

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Rosé

2023 Arnot-Roberts Rosé

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4/13/2024 - WindFlyer Likes this wine: 89 points

Arnot-Roberts Spring 2024 open house: pale pink/salmon and light body. fresh nose of watermelon, cantaloupe and strawberries with gentle floral tones. dry and very fresh if a tad reticent at the moment, some bubblegum lipstick (a friend of mine calls that "jolly ranchers") and pith gain prominence midpalate. moderate citric length.

as usual, i'll put this down to settle in and re-emerge next summer.

11.5% AbV; blend of 71% Touring Nacional/ 15% Trincadeira/ 11% Grenache and 3% Tinta Cão; fruit sourced from five different vineyards in a number of AVAs; each site was picked and vilified separately and foot-trod for colour extraction; fermentation in stainless. bottles in early January 2024.

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White

2020 Arnot-Roberts Ribolla Gialla Vare Vineyard

Napa Valley more

4/13/2024 - 560 B&W Likes this wine: 92 points

The best bottling of this wine? For the 2020, the tannins are unusually restrained and the acid is ripping. More like this! 12%

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Red

2021 Arnot-Roberts Zinfandel Kirschenmann

Lodi more

4/13/2024 - dsamuel Likes this wine: 92 points

Light/ medium purple color - unfiltered
Medium plus aromas of fresh crunchy cherry/ blueberry balanced with green stemmy notes
Medium bodied with palate of ripe but not overripe black cherry and boysenberry with herbal green notes
Medium acidity with medium tannins and medium alcohol
Medium finish led by fresh fruit notes
Really nice old school style Zin
Such beautiful fruit - completely refreshing
Drink now or next 1-2 yrs

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Rosé

2022 Arnot-Roberts Rosé

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4/13/2024 - Tmcquillen Likes this wine: 89 points

The Arnot-Roberts Rose 2022 is a delightful wine with a vibrant, pink hue that hints at its robust character. The aroma is enticing, with notes of fresh strawberries, peaches, and a subtle hint of rose petals. On the palate, it is wonderfully balanced, with a refreshing acidity that complements its fruit-forward flavor profile. The finish is long and satisfying, with a lingering taste of summer fruits.

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Red

2022 Arnot-Roberts Trousseau Luchsinger Vineyard

North Coast more

4/12/2024 - hippoonroofeatingcake Likes this wine: NR

DELIGHTFUL
pale pale ruby, a little hazy but also transparent, smells of stones marker pen red fruit more stones tastes of similar
structured, sophisticated, elegant, gluggable
i don't think i would have called it for a californian tasted blind: it never gives in to sweetness or lushness. HOWEVER there is an extent to which this *is* like a cartoon sketch of a jura wine- more vibrant and clearer, less real somehow, but not without its own subtleties
i could drink A LOT of this and its qpr is *not bad* at about $30 // no need to keep its great now but like prolly has 5 years in it

69

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Red

2018 Arnot-Roberts Gamay Noir El Dorado

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4/12/2024 - Biggsy wrote: 91 points

Lovely nose with aromas of Cherry and a herbal character. Bright and fresh with juicy fruit, some people have called this lean but I don’t see that. There’s great depth of flavour with a Cherry Cola note and a touch of spice.

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White

2019 Arnot-Roberts Ribolla Gialla Vare Vineyard

Napa Valley more

4/10/2024 - BrionHammond Likes this wine: 94 points

When you drink a lot of chardonnay this is great to taste sometimes. Nice bouquet, firm body and pretty finish. Glad I bought 12 bottles

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Red

2017 Arnot-Roberts Gamay Noir El Dorado

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4/10/2024 - 560 B&W Likes this wine: 90 points

Drink now.

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Red

2015 Arnot-Roberts Syrah

Sonoma Coast more

4/8/2024 - SpenceP wrote: 94 points

Misleadingly appealing even immediately after opening, this wine needs about an hour and ten minutes in the glass to come fully to life. Red plums, tomatoes, raspberries, flowers, black pepper, a bit of strawberries, grilled meat, a wisp of smoke, all followed by a lovely and very long aftertaste ending with a hint of fragrant oranges. Full of life, but with a touch of elegance as well. Just a wonderful, beautiful wine! No hurry at all. [Tasted over a bit less than an hour and a half from the Jancis Robinson glass.]

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White

2014 Arnot-Roberts Chardonnay Trout Gulch Vineyard

Santa Cruz Mountains more

4/8/2024 - acidqueen wrote: 94 points

Last bottle but this still has time ahead of it. Wonderful. Searing acidity balanced by real depth of flavor. Firm bright fruit - passion fruit, lemon peel, good dense extract of chalk and stone. This is everything that Chablis should be without that je ne sais quoi but i bet it would be hard to tell the difference unless you did a side by side comparison. Stunning wine and still young.

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