from 25- to 60-year old vines in Pupillin
5 miles wide stretching 310 miles along the river's banks at an elevation of 750 feet above sea level
Slightly paler than the Mazoyères
in the direction of Spring Mountain
It’s a top shelf release
Arietta, Napa Valley, Variation One, Red 2002 Piedmont from 25- to 60-year old95 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