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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.8 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 40 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by rustyRudy on 11/10/2023 & rated 90 points: Golden in color. Peach, pears, apple and a moderate amount of oak and vanilla. Enjoyable. Finishing with some citrus notes on the lingering finish (602 views) | | | Tasted by jdlee1232 on 7/4/2023 & rated 95 points: Gorgeous (634 views) | | | Tasted by Thief on 6/2/2023 & rated 94 points: A rich and full bodied CA chard. Grilled Pineapple leads the flavor and aroma profile, with some peach, citrus, and good minerality and integrated oak to balance the ripe fruit flavors. (636 views) | | | Tasted by Schwarzer Hund on 2/2/2023: Light yellow, significant floral nose with underlying peach/pear fruit, creamy on palate, medium weight, smooth medium length finish. the wine was very enjoyable during the first two hours and started losing its fruitiness afterwards and became more monolithic. Better to drink these up sooner than later. (908 views) | | | Tasted by jdlee1232 on 1/24/2023 & rated 94 points: Yum (927 views) | | | Tasted by trucrime on 11/11/2021: **I LIKE THIS ONE BETTER WITHOUT FOOD** Has Montrachet vibes. (1683 views) | | | Tasted by msuwine on 2/22/2021 & rated 93 points: This terse and creamy Chardonnay is drinking well right now, though I had hoped for a little more energy and depth. Yellow in color; full in body; nose of pear, quince, brioche, and almond. Flavors of gooseberry, vanillin, golden delicious apple, and marzipan, with a tense and round finish. (Shay Aldriedge completely nailed the "lemon creamy" aspect of the wine.) I have a soft spot for Kistler's McCrea - one of the first good Chardonnays I ever tasted - but the 2016 isn't its most exciting incarnation - good, but not great. 14.1% alcohol. Drink in next year or so. (3558 views) | | | Tasted by DangerMouse81 on 1/23/2021 & rated 92 points: Optimal drinking window. Stone fruit, flowers and minerals. Palate is refreshing but slightly clipped short. A little pricey to lack longevity. Very nice though. Drink now. (1617 views) | | | Tasted by Mortgage92 on 11/16/2020 & rated 90 points: Nice...flavors of minerality, slight lime and (I agree) some guava. This wine can easily go another 2 - 4 years. Enjoyed with some cheese and then with a chicken based soup. (1689 views) | | | Tasted by bonedoc on 6/27/2020: Did not stand out in a field of morlet and aubert. (2107 views) | | | Tasted by ajfret01 on 3/20/2020: Nice acidity and balance, really nice. (1812 views) | | | Tasted by advinm41 on 5/5/2019 & rated 92 points: Good Cali Chardonnay. Straw color, nose of oak, sourdough bread, pineapple, apple, lemon, white flowers.. Palate is medium well Bala an Ed, good acidity, citrus flavor, minerals, flint stone.. Fairly smooth.. Good long finish... Drink now or age few more years for more complexity (2368 views) | | | Tasted by Otaku Oenophile on 4/14/2019 & rated 93 points: One of the more balanced Kistlers, not as flamboyant as the Hudson or as mineral driven as the Trenton or Stone Flat.
I was going to review it but I ran out of it before I ever got around to it so this is from memory. (2092 views) | | | Tasted by Shay.Aldriedge on 4/13/2019 & rated 93 points: This is one of the better young Kistlers I’ve had. In fact, there was a lot of similarities between this and some of Aubert’s Chardonnays (which are my favorite), in that there was a distinct lemon cream note all over this wine. Soft yet powerful, there was savory sea salt and marzipan notes aromatically. On the palate, it was almost glycerin like with ripe tropical fruits (pineapple, guava) and some white peach skin. Honey roasted cashews too. I thought it may be too acidic before I opened due to age, but this was drinking really well. Long finish. (1997 views) | | | Tasted by tak4 on 3/8/2019 & rated 91 points: Opened after a busy week. Chilled and poured.
A little lighter and less golden than other Kistler we have had.
On the nose, a little bit of that classic buttery oak but soothed by plenty of grapefruit, powdered candy, pineapple, slate mineral.
On palate, grapefruit and slate really come out. Beautifully balanced, not heavy at all. Long, long finish.
Another great wine from Kistler. What else can you say? Score is also what we rated it when we tasted at the domaine. (1887 views) | | | Tasted by tak4 on 1/12/2019 & rated 91 points: Bay Area Wine Tour; 1/11/2019-1/15/2019 (Bay Area, CA): Ripe, touch of banana toluene on nose, pineapple, passionfruit, and American Smarties. Palate also has acid core, with more Smarties and powdery on finish. Quite clean finish. (2219 views) | | | Tasted by Glenn A on 1/5/2019 & rated 93 points: Tastes of apple, apricot, grapefruit. Satin texture with a long, great finish. Kistler never disappoints. (1101 views) | | | Tasted by BigBoy_Sonoma on 12/28/2018 & rated 89 points: Golden delicious apple, acidity, herbal notes, oak. B+/A- (1081 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 GrapeMcCrea Vineyard On weinlagen-infoUSAAmerican 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 County |
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