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2011 Kistler Vine Hill Vineyard Chardonnay
- Russian River Valley, USA
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- Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 125 / 750ml
- White - Buttery and Complex
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Highlights
- From Russian River Valley, USA
- Avg. Price (ex-tax) $ 125 / 750ml
- White Wine – Buttery and Complex
- Chardonnay
- Pairs well with Mushrooms
Winery
Kistler Vineyards is a wine producer in northern California's Sonoma County. Its considerable reputation is thanks largely to its robust, buttery Chardonnay wines, which have established Kistler as a cult winery since the 1980s...
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- Producer Notes
- Bottled since 1991. The vineyard that surrounds the winery just north of the small town of Graton. Planted in a pure sand subset of the Gold Ridge soil series. A Chardonnay of delineated concentration, energy and verve with stone and orchard fruit toned aromas capped by a penetrating minerality. One of our best examples of the tension that can be created between density and lift.
- Drinking Window
- 2013-2021
- Alcohol ABV
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14 - 14.2%
- Sweetness
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100% Chardonnay
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Cork
About the Wine
Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Chicken sambousek Starter Course
- Filo pastry parcels filled with chicken
- Contains: cumin, coriander seed
- Middle Eastern
- Spaghetti al nero di seppia con gamberi Main Course
- Squid ink pasta with prawns
- Italian
- Pizza Spacca Napoli Main Course
- Marinated anchovy, fior di latte, Kalamata olives, Pantelleria caper berries
- Contains: tomato sauce, salted anchovy, mozzarella
- Italian
- Lamb pasanda Main Course
- Cooked with yoghurt and almonds
- Contains: Indian curry
- Indian
User Ratings
(5)Compare vintages
Vintage quality: Poor
Current condition: Ready to drink
For California, the 2011 vintage was comparatively abysmal with various regions beset with problems.
For much of California, the spring was unseasonably cold and damp, particularly for regions like Napa and Anderson Valley, and vine growth was painfully slow with both bu...
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