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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.3 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 42 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by rustyRudy on 4/10/2024 & rated 94 points: Light gold in color. Peach and honey on the nose. Pear, peaches, lemon curd and a touch of vanilla (108 views) | | | Tasted by Ian_Rhie on 1/18/2024 & rated 95 points: Fantastic Kistler, like burgundy Chardonnay. Awesome nose, and powerful taste. (298 views) | | | Tasted by Marc Pascal on 11/23/2023 & rated 92 points: Just over the peak. Drink up (289 views) | | | Tasted by Frijole on 6/21/2022: light yellow, green tinge, lots of clarity, silvery hue
Nose: green apple, white peach, touch pear, white pepper, lime rind, minerals, musk, vanilla, touch oak
Pal: pear, green apple, white peach white pepper, thyme, lime rind, minerals, musk, touch oak
Feel: medium, savory, acidic
Finish: medium
T8 (could be a 7) (1007 views) | | | Tasted by shaferguy91 on 6/14/2022 & rated 92 points: Very Enjoyable. (899 views) | | | Tasted by WoodieBayArea on 7/30/2020 & rated 91 points: pretty nice bottle of wine, when poured it was more golden than yellow (which worried me, cuz I like lifted / acidic / bright chardonnay, when tasted it had those qualities but also a slug of sweetness... just a little too much for me but my wife liked it -- called it very smooth (and she hates any oxidation in chard's, and is not a fan of 'richness', so she agreed this isn't mox'd or too old for us, simply a little sweet for my tastes)... I would drink up now / soon (2292 views) | | | Tasted by rpenn77 on 4/3/2020 & rated 91 points: Good mineralogy and long finish with hints of tropical fruits (2169 views) | | | Tasted by RusisWine on 3/4/2020 & rated 92 points: Bright with great acidity. Loved the green straw color and fresh nose. (2023 views) | | | Tasted by TJ1967 on 11/2/2019 & rated 95 points: Pineapple, tropical fruit, juicy acidity. siilky heavy medium body. I do believe another year in bottle will really have this singing. but then again why wait.
Cheers! (1858 views) | | | Tasted by markydecker on 9/15/2019 & rated 95 points: Everything I like about big California Chardonnay and nothing I don’t. Lots of lemon curd, lemon zest, wet stones. Medium to full bodied, with just the slightest kiss of oak, no butter, and mouth watering acidity. Perfect balance. Superlative wine. 95 may be low. (1849 views) | | | Tasted by nywine68 on 9/11/2019 & rated 94 points: Absolutely delicious! Great acidity with a long finish. Almonds, lemon squares and some subtle spices to give it nice complexity. Nice round mouthfeel. (1078 views) | | | Tasted by tak4 on 1/12/2019 & rated 92 points: Bay Area Wine Tour; 1/11/2019-1/15/2019 (Bay Area, CA): Rich passionfruit and warm ripe fruit nose with mineral core. Great acid base, stony mineral, very long finish. American Smarties. Juicy, almost sweet. Wow. (1695 views) | | | Tasted by tb76 on 12/8/2018: Completely agree, a pleasure to drink. Citrus, vanilla, apple on the nose and palate. It's got good acidity but has more body to it than lean, steely Chardonnays likely due to the warmer climate of Sonoma, CA. The finish is clean and has some length to it. Paired with G&M Baltimore crab cakes and we had trouble slowing down on this one. 92-94. (1275 views) | | | Tasted by jgreco on 9/3/2018 & rated 94 points: Wow! This is the second time I have had the 2015 Stone Flat and it is such a pleasure to drink. Vanilla and lemon-lime on the nose and palate. Good acidity. A finish that goes on forever. This is what new world Chardonnay should be. (1277 views) | | | Tasted by Pquaker on 7/1/2018 & rated 93 points: Excellent! Aromatic. Went well with grilled salmon. (1488 views) | | | Tasted by jgreco on 5/9/2018 & rated 94 points: The 2015 Kistler Stone Flat is a delightful wine that is very Chablis in nature. Look elsewhere if you are seeking a traditional big oaky California Chardonnay. The Stone Flat has a delicate bouquet of vanilla, citrus, and mint. Peach and key lime pie flavors follow on the palate. The finish has great acidity and salinity. (1675 views) | | | Tasted by msuwine on 5/5/2018 & rated 92 points: This tight and lean Chardonnay is drinking well right now, though it needs a good hour of air to blossom. Light yellow in color, medium in body, nose of green apple, grapefruit, and saline. Chiseled tastes of lemon peel, peach, stone fruit, and almond, with a zippy finish. 14.1% alcohol.
This will surely be better in another 6-12 months, after it puts on a bit more weight, but it’s a refreshing wine to drink at the moment. I can't recommend decanting highly enough, since this tasted disjointed and sour right after opening. It's somewhere between modern CA Chardonnay and Chablis - a very good place to be in my book. (2260 views) | | | Tasted by nywine68 on 3/23/2018 & rated 93 points: Great acidity coupled with beautiful mineral and grapefruit notes. Some marzipan on the nice long finish. A very enjoyable wine. (1396 views) | | | Tasted by Copay on 1/20/2018 & rated 95 points: The reason the other poster does not like it is the reason that I loved it. Chats that drinks like a Chablis. Winner, winner. Loved it. (1616 views) | | | Tasted by PetWines on 12/7/2017 & rated 91 points: Clean and crisp - tastes of nuts, leather and plum (1384 views) | | | Tasted by Alexander Smith on 9/1/2017 & rated 92 points: @ Kistler Vineyards. This was probably our least favourite of all the Kistler wines tried. The Stone Flat vineyard is more porus than any other of the Kistler vineyards. Good amount of acidity and citrus notes. Very Chablis like. (1669 views) | | | Tasted by BuzzzzOff on 5/13/2016 & rated 94 points: We popped open this bottle with a friend after a 4+ hour lunch at Joey's Place aka Robuchon Hong Kong. We wanted white, the last Bordeaux red had long since been sipped, but we knew we needed some size. Et voila, a fresh, vibrant Kistler Chardonnay to the rescue!
Bright, inviting greenish yellow on the eye. Friendly, if no passionate. Bouquet of fresh tropical fruit with hints of coconuts and pineapple. Seductive songs of the Caribbean playing in the background as the wind blows through the palm trees and we slumber on our hammock...ooops, just a dream, but a very nice one! Palate demonstrates the statuesque body we were seeking with powerful tropical and citrus fruits blended nicely with vanilla-cream, toasted almonds and a salaciously long finish. Oh my ears and whiskers...clearly barely legal, but pleased as punch we tasted now. The balance will wait in the cellar a few more years...we are looking forward to the event! (2083 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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| Kistler Producer websiteChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sonoma CountyMendocino CountySonoma Coast * Sonoma Coast AVA (Wikipedia)
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