Some birthday bottles

Pierre Paillard 'Les Terres Roses' XX

I hadn't tasted this wine for a few years and remember it being pretty lean, pale salmon/coppery colored, and acid driven. I loved the texture and the acid so I picked a bottle up to pair with some fresh oysters. Popped the cork and the wine couldn't have been farther away from what I expected. The color was a deeper pink, and the nose was dominated by ripe juicy red fruit, raspberries, pomegranate, strawberry shortcake. Lees were there, but took a back seat to the fruit. Big fruit continued to the palate, but the acid balanced the ripeness and provided contrast to the strawberries and cream. The lees stood out on the finish. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this bottle, and it paired well with the oysters and mignonette. Wine was 62% chard, 36% pinot noir (5% of which was red), barrel fermented and aged on lees for 30 months, dosage 2g/L. I'd love to hear thoughts on the wine from some of you who are more familiar with this producer!

Arnot-Roberts 'Que Syrah Vineyard' Sonoma Coast Syrah 2020

I've been craving lamb and syrah for a while and this was the perfect bottle to scratch that itch. I double decanted the wine about 3 hours before dinner, it was pretty tight when I first opened it up. Inky purple in the glass with dark ruby on the rim and significant staining. Nose was driven by savory smoked meat with blackberry, black cherry, black pepper, and wisps of purple flowers. The savory components and fruit showed on the palate, along with a bright refreshing acidity that lifted the wine. Fine grained, medium tannin was pretty tame, gave the wine a velvety feel. Long complex finish. This was a dynamic bottle, the nose would lead with something different almost every time I came back to the glass, sometimes the florals, then the fruit or the meaty savory notes. Another banger from Arnot-Roberts, they nail my palate. I'm having a hard time finding winemaking info on this bottle, if anyone knows I'm curious.