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Kistler Pinot Noir Cuvée Elizabeth Occidental(2003)

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.

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Allen Meadows
Burghound
Issue 23, 3rd Quarter, 2006
87/100
July 2007
A deep and dramatically ripe nose that displays less oak influence than usual merges into round, supple and sweet flavors that culminate in an extracted if powerful and a tangy, even spiky finish. This isn't for me but it's interesting in its fashion.
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Robert Parker
The Wine Advocate
Issue 157
92-95
September 2007
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James Laube
Wine Spectator
93/100
September 2007
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Wine Advocate # 157
Feb-05
(92-95)
April 2008
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