Hendry Ranch, Chardonnay Barrel Fermented

Name: Hendry Ranch, Chardonnay Barrel Fermented
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The Hendry family has farmed their ranch just southwest of Napa city since 1939: 203 acres, 117 planted, mapped into 49 separate blocks that are each farmed and vinified on their own. The Barrel Fermented Chardonnay draws on blocks of Old Wente selection and Dijon clones 95 and 96, cropped under two tons per acre, fermented and aged 11 months in one-third new French oak with limited malolactic. Napa Chardonnay built on tension, not butter.

Meyer lemon, honey, pineapple and toasted hazelnut aromas. Medium to full bodied, plump and silky, with flinty minerality and bright acidity pulling the finish long.

Roast Dungeness crab, lobster rolls, chicken in tarragon cream.

Zinfandel grew on this property as early as 1900. Agronomy professor George Hendry bought the ranch in 1939, the family replanted most of it in the mid 1970s, and the first vintage under the Hendry label came in 1992.