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Kistler Chardonnay Durell Vineyard(2001)
- Winery:
- Kistler Vineyards
- Varietal:
- Chardonnay
- Region:
- USA > California > Sonoma > Sonoma Coast
- Type:
- White Wine
- User Tags:
- fruit, citrus, mineral, caramel, mediterranean and subtropical fruits, oak, resinous, lemon, butterscotch, chardonnay
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.
- Stephen Tanzer
- International Wine Cellar
- Issue 114, May/June 2004
- 92/100
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July 2007
- ($65) Meursault-like aromas of oatmeal, lemon and spices. Offers a much sweeter impression on entry than the McCrea or Dutton, then more mid-palate fat. Continues with Meursault-like flavors of oatmeal, lemon and nuts. But this tactile, chewy wine, despite showing less obvious acidity, is also classically dry. Still a bit youthfully unforthcoming on the back end, but showing excellent length.
- Wine Advocate # 150
- Dec-03
- 94/100
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April 2008
- Robert Parker
- The Wine Advocate
- Issue 150
- 94/100
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July 2007
