Hyde de Villaine Napa Valley Chardonnay 2016 2017 Initial skin contact was followed

Initial skin contact was followed by 7 days of cool fermentation with our Rhône isolate yeast and hand-plunging three times daily

it will improve for at least another decade

The heady nose is intoxicating with its ripe cherry spice

742 (2014 base) has really opened up since I last tasted it about a year ago

– La Spinetta

Hyde de Villaine Napa Valley Chardonnay 2016 2017 Initial skin contact was followed"Allocation only, email wine@worldwine. com. au to secure allocation" Fruit sourced from the Hyde Vineyard in Carneros. The nose expresses pear, spice and orange peel undertones. On the palate the ubiquitous HdV minerality lingers in harmony with stone fruit and apricot characteristics. The multilayered palate is carried through by a steadying, persistent acidity for a long finish. A wine that displays the power of California fruit in part to the