Mike & Molly Hendry Napa Valley Zinfandel R.W. Moore 2023 extra-brut-selection This is a classic Kabinett:

This is a classic Kabinett: low in alcohol

and the soils are white limestone marl and sand laid down by an ancient sea

working a tiny half-hectare slice of a premier cru just over the hill

Thierry Pillot's tiny negoce label

Deep in Germany's Mosel Valley

Mike & Molly Hendry Napa Valley Zinfandel R.W. Moore 2023 extra-brut-selection This is a classic Kabinett:The vines here went into the ground in 1905 and are still dry farmed, still head trained, still a field blend R. W. Moore in Coombsville is about as close as Napa gets to a living monument that also happens to make seriously good wine. Mike Hendry farms it personally (his wife Molly's uncle owns the place), which is roughly as close to the source as vineyard sourcing gets. It's mostly Zinfandel, with odds and ends of Petite Sirah, Carignane and