Arietta Napa Valley H Block Hudson Vineyard 2018 SCCOS with a dusty old oak

with a dusty old oak cask quality

where four partners restored a village cooperative that had sat shuttered for over a decade

toasty brioche

blanco tequila that really lets you taste the sweetness of the Agave

Robust and complex

Arietta Napa Valley H Block Hudson Vineyard 2018 SCCOS with a dusty old oakH Block is where Arietta started, the very first bottling in 1996, and still the estate's flagship homage to the Right Bank of Bordeaux. It's a Cabernet Franc driven blend (56% Cabernet Franc, 44% Merlot) from a single site: the famed Hudson Vineyard in Carneros, where the Franc grows on a volcanic outcrop and the Merlot in clay loam, both planted in 1986. Aged in new French oak and bottled unfiltered, the 2018 is a wine of real perfume and depth. Now