Hendry Barrel Fermented Napa Valley Chardonnay 2023 Wine Bar | Featured Red and silty-flinty soils

and silty-flinty soils

wild-yeast fermentation

a savory edge and the kind of fresh acidity that makes it endlessly drinkable

no fining or filtration—under the consultancy of Michel Rolland

This Amari gains its depth

Hendry Barrel Fermented Napa Valley Chardonnay 2023 Wine Bar | Featured Red and silty-flinty soilsThe Hendry family has been farming this ranch in the Mayacamas foothills west of Napa since 1939, and for decades they simply sold their fruit to the valley's famous names, only starting their own label in 1992. They still farm like growers, which is why they bottle two very different Chardonnays from the same estate. This is the rich one: fermented and aged in French oak barrels, worked for texture rather than restraint. Expect a broad, creamy palate