Arietta, Napa Valley, Variation One, Red 2002 Piedmont and sappy herbs

and sappy herbs

in the direction of Spring Mountain

from 25- to 60-year old vines in Pupillin

Slightly paler than the Mazoyères

depending on how they fared in any given vintage

Arietta, Napa Valley, Variation One, Red 2002 Piedmont and sappy herbs95 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The stunning 2002 Variation One (70% Merlot and 30% Syrah) exhibits an exotic, opulent personality with a deep purple color, and sweet aromas of cocoa, new saddle leather, black raspberries, cassis, and acacia flowers. Full bodied, with beautifully integrated oak (all of these wines are aged in 100% new French wood), wonderful sweetness, tremendous delineation, and laser like clarity and transparency of