Hendry Unoaked Napa Valley Chardonnay 2024 JULY4 and an elegant dry finish

and an elegant dry finish that defies the sweetness stereotypes often attached to Lambrusco

and it finds an unlikely home in the warm volcanic soils of the Rattlesnake Hills AVA in the Yakima Valley

the tannins are smoothed and the wine is drinking beautifully now

The Rosso is the entry into his range: lighter on its feet than Sassella

and sweet structure in a concentrated format

Hendry Unoaked Napa Valley Chardonnay 2024 JULY4 and an elegant dry finishThe 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