Arietta "Variation One" Napa Valley 2001

Deep red.

Vinturi - dense, plush, oak-influenced nose. Chocolate, fig and lifted oak spices.

Round and plush in the mouth also, with an acid/VA/tannin constriction that covers the front teeth. All about opulence - nothing complex about this. Which makes it pretty boring almost immediately. Might be better tomorrow.


$75. Merlot and Syrah.