Enfield Wine Co. Napa Valley Chardonnay Watson Ranch 2021 ABC321 making it one of the

making it one of the oldest documented varieties in this corner of the Alps

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Dry-farming Chardonnay at 1

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

Enfield Wine Co. Napa Valley Chardonnay Watson Ranch 2021 ABC321 making it one of theWatson 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,