Arietta, Napa Valley, Variation One, Red 2002 Piedmont Wine Advocate #187

Wine Advocate #187

a crystal clear palate presence

Slightly paler than the Mazoyères

and sappy herbs

this focused tawny performs beautifully

Arietta, Napa Valley, Variation One, Red 2002 Piedmont Wine Advocate #18795 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