Community Tasting Notes 25

• Frijole wrote:

  June 1, 2022 - golden yellow, lots of clarity, silvery hue
  Nose: pear, green apple, wax, lemon, chalk, musk, minerals, oak
  Pal: pear, green apple, wax, lime rind, chalk, musk, minerals, touch butter, oak
  Feel: medium, full, acidic
  Finish: long
  T9
  wine is complex right now and has a decent amount of time to go

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• wythes wrote: 88 points

  March 8, 2022 - Almost a year since the last CT reviewer said anything about this wine, so I'll pick up the torch and say this wine is past it's prime. Deep golden color but not much of a nose and flat on the palate. The bottle lacked any fruit or structure. I've had plenty of Kistler Hyde, and I know how good this wine can be. In this instance, it wasn't that great.

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• stoneb Likes this wine: 90 points

  April 18, 2021 - Opened 30 mins prior to first glass and consumed over 3 nights (vacu-vin & back in cellar in interim). Golden straw color. Mostly vanilla and oak on nose. Ripe stone and tropical fruit on palate with vanilla and oak in background. Best on night 1, with good acidity and freshness. Faded over following evenings. Was considerably better a few years ago. Drink soon, preferably in one evening.

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• hsacks Likes this wine: 93 points

  July 14, 2020 - Similar to the 7/19/19 bottle.

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• rustyRudy Likes this wine: 90 points

  January 2, 2020 - Light golden yellow. There is lemon, tangerine, minerals, and touches of caramel and butterscotch. Fruit is fading. Finishes with significant oak. I liked this more earlier in its life. Did well with roasted chicken.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type White
• Producer Kistler
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Hyde Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa / Sonoma
• Appellation Carneros

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• Pending Delivery 3 (0%)
• In Cellars 447 (31%)
• Consumed 991 (69%)

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