Arietta Quartet 2022

Arietta Quartet 2022The 2022 Arietta Quartet is a rich, layered Napa Valley red blend dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon, offering dark fruit, mocha, and cedar notes with smooth, well defined tannins. Composition and Winemaking The 2022 Quartet is a Bordeaux style blend consisting of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon from Coombsville, 16% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Syrah from Carneros, marking the first vintage where Syrah replaces Petit Verdot in the blend. The wine was aged

This wine is fluid and more of a shape-shifter

and honeydew melon mingle with subtle white flowers

it is made in the exact same way as all its others

white cheeses

A staple of France's best restaurants—and this writer's table—any readers who are not acquainted with these wines are warmly advised to seek them out

Bersano's 2018 Generala Riserva Barbera from Nizza encapsulates the essence of its terroir

slight grip

It was bottled in June 2024

Plenty of ripe citrus

After fermentation the base wines have a lengthy elevage on their lees (at least 7 months) until assemblage and bottling the following Spring

Importer: This wine is made from hand-picked Sangiovese grapes and is matured in oak barrels for 14 months

and linden describe the main scents of this young Chianti Classico