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2001 Arietta Variation One (Syrah / Merlot)
Proprietary Blend: 750ml
$59.99
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points awarded:
ST 93 WA 93 WS 9293 points,
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, December 2003
A blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Syrah, the 2001 Variation One exhibits sweet, flowery, blackberry and cassis flavors with chocolate and leather in the background. This big, full-bodied, opulent, layered, multidimensional 2001 needs 2-3 years of cellaring. It should drink well for 1-2 decades.
93 points,
Stephen Tanzer's IWC, May 2004
...sweet, dense and packed with fruit. Sappy, sharply delineated flavors of black raspberry, dark chocolate, minerals and mint...
92 points,
Wine Spectator, October 2003
...vivid complex aromas, with dense, rich and well-defined fruit flavors... fine tannins and a beautiful core of currant, tar, raspberry, cherry and nutmeg scents...

