Hyde de Villaine Napa Valley Chardonnay 2016 2017 The heady nose is intoxicating

The heady nose is intoxicating with its ripe cherry spice

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

on the calcareous and sandy-soils of a south-facing slope at an elevation of 300m

Oak Maturation:

endlessly complex and layered

Hyde de Villaine Napa Valley Chardonnay 2016 2017 The heady nose is intoxicating"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