Young Inglewood VENN Napa Valley Carbonic Merlot 2021 NO20230816 where color and depth come

where color and depth come from soaking on the skins

and then largely abandoned as international varieties took over

including two wine yeasts

Named for the last generation of the Picariello family—Bruno and Emma—this single-vineyard Falanghina hails from the hillsides near Benevento in Campania

The Castéja-owned Pauillac Fifth Growth has long been the quiet

Young Inglewood VENN Napa Valley Carbonic Merlot 2021 NO20230816 where color and depth comeVENN is the Young family's playground their experimental project at the boutique St. Helena estate, where they pull Napa Merlot in unexpected directions. This bottling is carbonic, fermented whole cluster in the Beaujolais manner, which gives Merlot a totally different face: bright, juicy, perfumed, and built around fruit rather than oak or structure. It's Napa Merlot you'd want to chill slightly and pour through dinner. Proof that the variety has