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Kistler Chardonnay Cuvée Cathleen(2001)
Kistler Chardonnay is made using traditional French techniques, with the winemaker himself performing the cellar work on the wines. Kistler Chardonnay has a distinct character. It is completely barrel-fermented using indigenous and cultured yeasts, is aged in 50% new French oak barrels unracked and in contact with all its fermentation lees, has undergone a malolactic fermentation, receives minimal handling and processing, and is bottled unfiltered and, generally, unfined after 11-18 months of barrel age.
Our low-yielding (pruned and thinned to yield about two tons read more...
Our low-yielding (pruned and thinned to yield about two tons read more...
- Stephen Tanzer
- International Wine Cellar
- Issue 114, May/June 2004
- 95(+?)
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September 2007
- ($70; 20 barrels made, from the "richest section" of Kistler Vineyard) Pale yellow. Bright, subtle aromas of lemon, truffle, flowers, nuts and minerals. Very rich and spicy, with penetrating fruit flavors of peach and nectarine. Large-scaled, tactile and still very young, with a strong underlying structure for aging. Finishes very long, chewy and stony. Along with the superlative 2000 version, also made entirely from Kistler Vineyard, an extremely strong release for this bottling.
- December 2007
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No written review
- Wine Advocate # 150
- Dec-03
- 96/100
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April 2008
