Arietta Napa Valley H Block Hudson Vineyard 2018 NO20230712 It takes 10

It takes 10

highlighting the three successive regimes: since the Napoleonic era

Their berries are fruity in flavor but also distinctively spicy

made from a grape you've probably never heard of

which are a reflection of the personality of such a delightful cognac: supple

Arietta Napa Valley H Block Hudson Vineyard 2018 NO20230712 It takes 10H Block is where Arietta started, the very first bottling in 1996, and still the estate's flagship homage to the Right Bank of Bordeaux. It's a Cabernet Franc driven blend (56% Cabernet Franc, 44% Merlot) from a single site: the famed Hudson Vineyard in Carneros, where the Franc grows on a volcanic outcrop and the Merlot in clay loam, both planted in 1986. Aged in new French oak and bottled unfiltered, the 2018 is a wine of real perfume and depth. Now