Arietta Napa Valley Red H Block Hudson Vineyard 2017 2025 L'Assemblage Part 2 this is the easy way

this is the easy way to put a great old Sauternes on the table

and it shows: this is the firmer

wind-battered "Extreme Coast" where brothers Nick and Andy Peay fought for years to win their own AVA

In 375ml bottle

Arietta Napa Valley Red H Block Hudson Vineyard 2017 2025 L'Assemblage Part 2 this is the easy wayH Block is Arietta's flagship, and the core Cabernet Franc comes from one tiny, shy bearing spot: a volcanic, southwest facing slope in the Hudson Vineyard in Carneros, one of the New World's finest places to grow Cabernet Franc, with Merlot from adjacent Hudson blocks. The estate was founded in 1996 by John Kongsgaard and Fritz Hatton, with winemaking from Andy Erickson. The 2017 is a roughly even split of Cabernet Franc and Merlot, co fermented,