Arietta Napa Valley Red H Block Hudson Vineyard 2017 2025 L'Assemblage Part 2 which begins to form trails

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Approach with reverence

The 2010 vintage delivered a wine of unusual concentration and structure

A small wine with big intent

Arietta Napa Valley Red H Block Hudson Vineyard 2017 2025 L'Assemblage Part 2 which begins to form trailsH 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,