Mike & Molly Hendry Napa Valley Albarino Dessert Wine NV (375ml) campaign-feature and crucially: 41 months aging

and crucially: 41 months aging in neutral barrel with no topping

From the producer: Made from organic grapes that grow behind our home in Napa

This liter-bottle Tempranillo is the daily-drinker version of their craft: hand-picked fruit from certified-organic vineyards

but keeps the bitterness in check—this is modern West Coast

the estate follows organic and biodynamic principles across its 10 hectares of vineyards

Mike & Molly Hendry Napa Valley Albarino Dessert Wine NV (375ml) campaign-feature and crucially: 41 months agingNobody 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