Girard Artistry Napa Valley 2021 (750ml) USA

Girard Artistry Napa Valley 2021 (750ml) USAWinemaker Notes The 2019 Artistry red wine is taut and focused with crushed raspberry, red cherry, mocha, and crushed rock minerality the nose. The palate is refined with bold tannins and racy fruit flavors framed in oak toast and baking spice which carry all the way through the long finish. Blend: 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, 7% Malbec, 5% Petit Verdot Critical Acclaim JS 93 James Suckling This wine has a character of ripe

in the smoky

the 2020 is on the lighter side

underpinned with delicate floral and herbaceous notes

Hints of citric fruit

whose likeness was in a votive shrine near the vineyard where people from the farms used to pray

Estate founded: 1991

very charming

light salads

with polished tannins

This sandstone dune shapes Barolos of distinctive character: tones of cherry and rose petals

It is warm and spicy

10 miles from the ocean on a north-facing bench of clay loam