Mike & Molly Hendry Napa Valley Zinfandel R.W. Moore 2023 CRV Fresh red fruits—cherry

Fresh red fruits—cherry

stone-strewn terroir as its more famous neighbor

Cluster selection and harvest by hand

Complex and quietly legendary

Mike & Molly Hendry Napa Valley Zinfandel R.W. Moore 2023 CRV Fresh red fruits—cherryThe vines here went into the ground in 1905 and are still dry farmed, still head trained, still a field blend R. W. Moore in Coombsville is about as close as Napa gets to a living monument that also happens to make seriously good wine. Mike Hendry farms it personally (his wife Molly's uncle owns the place), which is roughly as close to the source as vineyard sourcing gets. It's mostly Zinfandel, with odds and ends of Petite Sirah, Carignane and