Mike & Molly Hendry Napa Valley Albarino Dessert Wine NV (375ml) CS20230906 single-vineyard Rioja at a time

single-vineyard Rioja at a time when the region's identity was built on blending across many sites

A serious Pessac red at an everyday-Bordeaux price

it's powerful yet precise

The result is a darker

High-altitude vines and volcanic ground give it a bright

Mike & Molly Hendry Napa Valley Albarino Dessert Wine NV (375ml) CS20230906 single-vineyard Rioja at a timeNobody asked Napa for a fortified Albarino. Mike and Molly Hendry made one anyway, and it's one of the more genuinely original bottles in the valley. They blended four vintages of Albarino grown on the Hendry Ranch in southwest Napa ground the family has farmed since 1939 and fortified it with brandy they distilled themselves from Zinfandel out of the old R. W. Moore vineyard. Which means the entire bottle, wine and spirit both, traces back to vines