2011 Arnot-Roberts Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay ($33, 12.7%): Another old-vine discovery from the Trout Gulch site near Aptos, on pure loam. Tangy and precise, ...

Roberts and Meyers, both 37, deliberately stay small. Since 2007 their Arnot-Roberts label has been run from an old apple-processing facility in Forestville shared with Pax Mahle's Wind Gap label.

Napa natives and longtime friends Duncan Arnot Meyers and Nathan Lee Roberts craft small-batch, mineral-driven syrahs, cabernets, chardonnays, and pinots from sites across Northern California.

Arnot-Roberts was founded in 2001 in Healdsburg, California by childhood friends Duncan Arnot Meyers and Nathan Lee Roberts. Duncan and Nathan grew up in the midst of vineyards and winemakers in ...

Vallone's sommelier Scott Sulma poses for a portrait with a bottle of 2012 Arnot-Roberts Syrah North Coast wine Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, in Houston. ( James Nielsen / Houston Chronicle )James ...

$30, White, Still, California. Tasting note for this wine: The simple citrus, lychee nut and lemon-citrus blossom …See the full review, with rating and when to drink!