2020 Arietta Quartet Red Wine Napa Valley 750 ml

The French Laundry. Saison. Plumed Horse. Spruce. The Village Pub.

These world-class restaurants are united by more than MICHELIN stars (11 total!): They all hold Wine Spectator Grand Awards they won for having extraordinary wine lists—and they all have Arietta wines on the menu. 

In the words of Robert Parker, Arietta’s “striking offerings have a European sensitivity for elegance, structure, and delineation.” Crafted by 100-point winemaker Andy Erickson, formerly of Screaming Eagle, these are wines whose grace and Old World seductiveness has made Arietta the benchmark for Napa Valley elegance.  

The Arietta portfolio is packed with overdelivering bottles, and none brings more value than their Quartet Red Wine. A deep-ruby colored, Left Bank–inspired blend, you’ll find Quartet on the list at Plumed Horse and The Village Pub—and the 2020 was handpicked by the sommelier at José Andréas’s two-MICHELIN -star restaurant, minibar, to include in our MICHELIN shipment just last year. 

Arietta’s proprietors are Caren and Fritz Hatton, and Quartet’s name is an homage to their love of classical music. It also refers to the four grapes used in the wine’s traditional Left Bank blend—Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot—which come from some of Napa’s finest vineyards. 

The 2020 is composed mainly of Cabernet Sauvignon from the Two Belles Vineyard in Coombsville, while the Merlot and Cabernet Franc hail from the iconic Hudson Vineyard in Carneros—an ideal spot for both varieties. Aged in 35–50% new French oak, it’s the most approachable red wine in the Arietta portfolio. 

This is a bottle that belongs alongside the best of Napa and Bordeaux, and it comes at a price that puts many top-tier wines from those regions to shame.