Mike & Molly Hendry Napa Valley Albarino Dessert Wine NV (375ml) campaign-feature but keeps the bitterness in

but keeps the bitterness in check—this is modern West Coast

made by families who farm small parcels and let the land speak for itself

and crucially: 41 months aging in neutral barrel with no topping

Give it a little time and a real glass

and Once & Future is where he gets to do it on his own terms again: small fermenters

Mike & Molly Hendry Napa Valley Albarino Dessert Wine NV (375ml) campaign-feature but keeps the bitterness inNobody asked Napa for a fortified Albarino. Mike and Molly Hendry made one anyway, and it's one of the more genuinely original bottles in the valley. They blended four vintages of Albarino grown on the Hendry Ranch in southwest Napa ground the family has farmed since 1939 and fortified it with brandy they distilled themselves from Zinfandel out of the old R. W. Moore vineyard. Which means the entire bottle, wine and spirit both, traces back to vines