Arnot-Roberts 2023 Syrah, Que Syrah Vineyard, West Sonoma Coast

The Arnot‑Roberts 2023 Syrah from Que Syrah Vineyard walks into focus rather than striking—its perfume opens on boysenberry and forest earth, framed by cracked white pepper and violet petals. Ash and stone linger underneath, a hint of coastline carved into the fruit.

On the tongue, the wine stretches and tightens. Ripe berry shadows unfurl into tannins that are coiled and cool, edged with graphite and red-earth tension. It’s not tension for show—it’s structure drawn from fog and schist, landscape compressed into flavor.

Que Syrah Vineyard sits at 850 feet above Occidental—a parcel that pioneered cool-climate Syrah on the Sonoma Coast. Planted in 1994, its vines live on fractured shale, sedimentary schist, and Goldridge loam—soils that force economy in depth. That history is in every sip.

The winemaking echoes that humility. Arnot‑Roberts fermented with 100% whole clusters, native yeast, gently aged in neutral French oak and foudre—room to breathe, not barked into detail.

This is not a wine chasing applause. It’s a wine that earns its place—reaching across the table, not commanding it. Share it with game meat, wild mushrooms, or simply your thoughts drifting late into a quiet evening.

Arnot-Roberts 2023 Que Syrah—coastal tension distilled, fog-etched depth, earth-spoken.