Arnot-Roberts Carmel Valley Pinot Noir Fox Creek 2024 CS20230828 and morello cherries dominate the

and morello cherries dominate the aromatic spectrum

more open-knit Chardonnays

working the native Prié Blanc on some of the highest vineyards in Europe

the cuvées differ mostly in new oak percentage — at the top of the range

with fruit from sources like Lost Slough Vineyard in the Clarksburg AVA

Arnot-Roberts Carmel Valley Pinot Noir Fox Creek 2024 CS20230828 and morello cherries dominate theDuncan Arnot Meyers and Nathan Lee Roberts have a near cult following for singularly graceful, genuinely cool climate wines, and Fox Creek is exactly the kind of vineyard their reputation is built on. Sitting at 1,100 feet on a remote ridge above Carmel Valley in Monterey County, planted in 2006 to Dijon 667 and 115 in granodiorite clay loam, with steady Pacific influence pulling temperatures down at night, it is the sort of site Arnot Roberts hunts