Hendry Barrel Fermented Napa Valley Chardonnay 2023 Wine Bar | Featured Red wild-yeast fermentation

wild-yeast fermentation

From the producer: The Capela is a micro-terroir Vintage Port produced from three small vineyards at Quinta do Vesuvio – inspired by the incredibly low-yielding 90-year-old vines from the Vinha da Capela vineyard

real freshness

This Amari gains its depth

earthy style but don't have the budget to get some of the more rare varietals

Hendry Barrel Fermented Napa Valley Chardonnay 2023 Wine Bar | Featured Red wild-yeast fermentationThe 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