Arietta Napa Valley Red H Block Hudson Vineyard 2017 081326OFFER " and for Stephane Ogier

" and for Stephane Ogier it meant heading south

Same founding parcel

An absolute pleasure

Argile is Hureau's Chenin Blanc from chalky tuffeau soils

and today they would rather blast hot air through the vines than spray them

Arietta Napa Valley Red H Block Hudson Vineyard 2017 081326OFFER " and for Stephane OgierH 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,