Massican Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard 2025
(Napa Valley & Sonoma County, California) - [WRO 95] [JS 95] [WS 93]
Regular price $60.00 Sale price $49.97 Save $10.03
We are proud to source the Chardonnay for this wine from Hyde Vineyard, one of California's most famous and historic Chardonnay vineyards, founded by Larry Hyde in Carneros in 1979. Tucked away in the southern part of Napa Valley, the entire estate is a gorgeous expanse of rolling hills with southeast exposure and saline morning fog. The parcel of Musque clone of Chardonnay that makes up this bottling was planted in 1992. The wine is fermented and aged in French Oak, then bottled as this single-vineyard wine.
Nose: Green apple, jasmine, and pineapple
Palate: Lemon curd, nectarine, salty minerality
Alcohol: 12.8%
Ratings & Reviews:
95 Points - Wine Review Online:
"Sourced from the renowned Hyde Vineyard, this is a Chardonnay defined by precision rather than power, proving that richness and restraint can coexist beautifully. The aromas are immediately inviting, with green apple, jasmine, and ripe pineapple rising effortlessly from the glass. The palate is layered yet focused, unfolding with lemon curd, nectarine, and citrus oil before a vibrant thread of saline minerality carries the wine through a long, polished finish. There's an understated confidence here. The wine is full-bodied without excess, textured without heaviness, and impeccably composed from start to finish. It captures both Hyde Vineyard's pedigree and Massican's signature Mediterranean sensibility. It's the kind of bottle that somehow always seems to disappear before anyone is ready for it to go empty." -Miranda Franco (Jul 2026)
95 Points - James Suckling:
"A brilliant, bracing, almost electric wine that's racy in texture, saline and mineral in flavor, and eventually rounded and creamy as it opens in the glass. Unusually high in acidity, very fresh, linear and energetic. Light-bodied at less than 13% alcohol. Drink now or hold."
93 Points - Wine Spectator:
"Sleek and intense, with mouthwatering, bright, lip-smacking acidity that acts as the backbone for intense flavors of salted and preserved lemon, yellow apple, and pomelo. Freshly grated ginger, crunchy star fruit and sea salt notes add to the intensity, with touches of white tea and jasmine on the finish. Drink now through 2038. 606 cases made." -MaryAnn Worobiec (Jul 2026)
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