Hess Collection Chardonnay The Lioness 2017 Bottle:1 100% estate-grown Napa Valley wine

100% estate-grown Napa Valley wine from the Rutherford AVA

with pineapple as the lead fruit

The Caley is the pinnacle of a long winemaking journey of excellence

The palate is creamy and slippery textured

Hess Collection Chardonnay The Lioness 2017 Bottle:1 100% estate-grown Napa Valley wineThe Lioness represents Hess's biggest, boldest style of Chardonnay. The 2017 Chardonnay The Lioness was aged 18 months in 50% new French oak with lees stirring and was bottled unfiltered. Fruit comes from the Hess Estate in south Napa. It gives up gregarious scents of mangoes, pineapple tart, peach cobbler and acacia honey with nuances of lime blossoms, spice cake and toasted almonds. Big, concentrated and sporting tons of exotic fruit and savory