Young Inglewood VENN Napa Valley Carbonic Merlot 2021 NO20230802 This is the Piedmontese red

This is the Piedmontese red for a Tuesday: pizza

The patience has paid off

balanced by silky tannins and a lingering

then bottled unfined

Young Inglewood VENN Napa Valley Carbonic Merlot 2021 NO20230802 This is the Piedmontese redVENN 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