Hendry Napa Valley Zinfandel Blocks 7 & 22 2022 NO20231101 it develops a deliberately oxidative

it develops a deliberately oxidative

From Lisa Chu's organically farmed Saffron Vineyard high on Mt

The blend draws from multiple vintages

and youthful red-fruited aromas of fruit punch and framboise

Ottavino is Italian for piccolo

Hendry Napa Valley Zinfandel Blocks 7 & 22 2022 NO20231101 it develops a deliberately oxidativeBlock 7 was planted in 1975, and it has been the backbone of Hendry Zinfandel since the family's very first vintage in 1992. Before that, the fruit went to other wineries and helped build George Hendry's reputation as one of Napa's great growers. Here it is blended with Block 22, a younger planting on the same bench land west of the town of Napa, and the result is Zinfandel that behaves less like a jammy crowd pleaser and more like a structured Napa