Mike & Molly Hendry Napa Valley Zinfandel R.W. Moore 2023 champagne-template 100% detstemmed

100% detstemmed

but there's a green

Burgundian-leaning side of the Jura — no nuttiness

producing a Pinot of unusual freshness and structure for California

Mike & Molly Hendry Napa Valley Zinfandel R.W. Moore 2023 champagne-template 100% detstemmedThe vines here went into the ground in 1905 and are still dry farmed, still head trained, still a field blend R. W. Moore in Coombsville is about as close as Napa gets to a living monument that also happens to make seriously good wine. Mike Hendry farms it personally (his wife Molly's uncle owns the place), which is roughly as close to the source as vineyard sourcing gets. It's mostly Zinfandel, with odds and ends of Petite Sirah, Carignane and