2022 Nid Tisse Hyde Vineyard Chardonnay Carneros Napa Valley USA

Winemaker Notes
Too rarely these days, a new wine, a new winemaker, lands on the scene and truly rocks our world. Marie-Laure Ammons is such a person - French-born (Limousin), and with an impressive resume going back 18 years in Bordeaux, Burgundy, plus stints at ultra-high-end Sonoma benchmarks, such as Hartford Court and Atelier Melka. She is married to winemaker Frederick Ammons (The Napa Valley Reserve, RUDD, and many more top producers), and she most recently finished harvest at Eisele Vineyards...just in case that’s not enough worldwide experience for you!

- Only 160 cases made

- Hyde vineyard fruit -- arguably one of California’s finest “grand crus”, 20 year old vines, 50% 26 year old Robert Young clone and 50% Old Wente

- Aged 23% Burgundian French New Oak and 21% in Clay Amphorae

- Nid Tissé is French for “woven nest” and the name of the first wine by the Ammons family

Hints of tropicality and the tiniest bit of reduction, but has really wonderful, taut intensity, concentration and length. The flavors are candied citrus and crisp apple, with some underripe pineapple and stony minerals. Extreme elegance and fine texture here.


Press 
Rated 97 Points Lisa Perotti Brown
The 2022 Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard, bottled in December 2023, rolls out of the glass with expressive notes of baking bread, sea spray, and marzipan giving way to a core of apple butter, spiced pears, and green guava. The medium to full-bodied palate has a gorgeous satiny texture, with seamless freshness supporting the intense apple and pear flavors, finishing long and savory.