Steve and Mary Robertson planted SJR Vineyard in The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater in 2007, and the name Delmas comes down the matrilineal line, mother to eldest daughter. This is 91.3% Syrah with 8.7% Viognier co-fermented into it, deeply saturated purple, high in both intensity and concentration. Bacon fat, garrigue, olive tapenade, blackberry, minerals, violets. Two hundred cases of savory, umami-driven Rocks Syrah; nobody's hiding this under fruit.
About the Producer
Delmas is a family winery born from Steve and Mary Robertson's vineyard dream, realized in 2007 when they established SJR Vineyard in The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater, Oregon. The name "Delmas" is a matrilineal moniker passed through generations from mother to eldest daughter—carried by their daughter Brooke Delmas Robertson, who serves as Director of Winegrowing, handling both winemaking and viticultural strategy. Brooke studied viticulture and enology at Walla Walla Community College, worked in Napa Valley, and trained in Australian Rhône-style wines at Torbreck before returning to lead the family enterprise. Her background earned her a spot on Wine Enthusiast's Future 40 Tastemakers in 2024. Steve, a University of Washington graduate and former real estate executive, spearheaded the TTB petition for The Rocks District AVA and founded Rocks District Winegrowers. The winery's ethos is elegantly simple: "hand-farmed | hand-made | hand-sold"—an unwavering commitment to wines of restraint, nuance, and enduring elegance grown from the distinctive stony soils of The Rocks.
