Hendry Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon HRW 2023 061126OFFER framed by a mineral backbone

framed by a mineral backbone

native-fermented and aged eleven months on the lees with no fining or filtering and only a whisper of SO2 at bottling

and spiced orange peel

but dialed back

limestone-flecked soils outside Los Olivos

Hendry Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon HRW 2023 061126OFFER framed by a mineral backboneFor fifty years the Hendry family were growers, not vintners, quietly farming 203 acres in the Mayacamas foothills west of Napa and selling their fruit to wineries whose names you know a lot better than theirs. They finally started bottling their own in 1992. HRW is their more affordable Napa Valley line, and it is a rare thing now: an estate grown Napa Cabernet from a family that owns the dirt, priced for people who actually drink Cabernet rather