Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Chardonnay Watson Ranch 2024 NO20230809 73 hectares of limestone and

73 hectares of limestone and marl here

Unfined and unfiltered

no oversized fruit

Their top Barolos and Barbarescos are like catnip to top collectors

not a house style

Arnot-Roberts Napa Valley Chardonnay Watson Ranch 2024 NO20230809 73 hectares of limestone andFrom a steep, wind swept hillside at the southern end of Napa, where calcareous clay over limestone and the cooling pull of San Pablo Bay make for a uniquely Burgundian corner of California. Clone 4 Chardonnay planted in 1993 at 450 feet, fermented in stainless and aged in neutral wood with a nod to Dauvissat and Raveneau. Lean, mineral, saline this is Arnot Roberts' Chablisien wager, made with as little intervention as possible and built around