Arnot-Roberts, Pinot Noir Legan Vineyard, 2019 SPAINCOUNT0125 first bottled in 1986

first bottled in 1986

but here given the spotlight

"La Griffe du Marquis" honors Alain's parents

this 2014 shows the secondary complexity that distinguishes Rhys from fruit-forward California Pinots

drawn from multiple hillside blocks shaped by the coastal wind gaps that keep these sites lean and bright

Arnot-Roberts, Pinot Noir Legan Vineyard, 2019 SPAINCOUNT0125 first bottled in 1986This Arnot Roberts Pinot comes from Legan, a rugged own rooted, dry farmed vineyard sitting at 1,600 feet above Corralitos in the southern Santa Cruz Mountains, ringed by redwood forest. The deep Monterey Bay offshore canyon drives a constant upwelling of cold water that cools the whole region, stretching out the growing season and coaxing real delicacy from the Pinot. The sandy loam soils give a silky, aromatic wine full of earth driven minerality