Enfield Wine Co. Napa Valley Chardonnay Watson Ranch 2021 ABC321 then finishes them in French

then finishes them in French oak barrels that previously held The Prisoner Red Blend—a wine built on Zinfandel

Dry-farming Chardonnay at 1

After four years in the cellars

The palate is full and powerful with ripe tannins and woody undertones that frame the wine's richness

different terroir expression than Burgundy

Enfield Wine Co. Napa Valley Chardonnay Watson Ranch 2021 ABC321 then finishes them in FrenchWatson Ranch is one of those quietly important California vineyards that the cognoscenti chase but the general public has never heard of. It sits in Coombsville, in the cool southern corner of Napa, above an old limestone quarry whose stone helped rebuild San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. The same site supplies Arnot Roberts, among others. John Lockwood of Enfield farms 30 plus year old vines here and makes the Chardonnay in a precise, mineral,