Mike & Molly Hendry Napa Valley Zinfandel R.W. Moore 2023 champagne-template hints of floral

hints of floral

This is a serious bottling made in tiny quantities

all crunchy red fruit and zippy energy

aromatic finish

Mike & Molly Hendry Napa Valley Zinfandel R.W. Moore 2023 champagne-template hints of floralThe 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