Hendry Unoaked Napa Valley Chardonnay 2024 26REASONABLE gentle east-facing slope that in

gentle east-facing slope that in great vintages can rival the Cortons for complexity

Polished to 35%

with the perfumed lift and acid drive that older Burgundy drinkers grew up loving

and several months on fine lees give the wine a subtle creaminess to frame all that maritime cut

At the end of the 19th century

Hendry Unoaked Napa Valley Chardonnay 2024 26REASONABLE gentle east-facing slope that inThe Hendry family has farmed the same ranch at the foot of Mt. Veeder since 1939, and this is the bottling where they get out of the way. No barrel, no oak, no makeup: the Chardonnay goes into stainless steel and stays there, so what you taste is the fruit and the cool marine air that funnels into the southern end of the valley. The vines are older, low yielding Dijon plantings from the mid 1990s, which is where the concentration comes from. It's a