Community Tasting Notes 14

• winelover1808 Likes this wine: 93 points

  April 14, 2024 - had a few weeks ago but recall this being a revelation that i have drunk my kistlers too young. this was very enjoyable. opened up and lots of fruit, not overt oak, good acididty to balance it all. very enjoyable mouthful and good medium bodied wine. went through a quick stretch finishing the last few 2014 kistlers i had and makes me think i wish i had a few more in my cellar. def not a white burg as this has more sweetness to the fruit but def better than i expected as i had historiclaly had most of my kistlers in year 3-5 post vintage year

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• hsacks Likes this wine: 93 points

  July 13, 2023 - Light yellow color. Aromas of peach skins, white flowers and minerals. Ripe, nicely balanced fruit in the mouth with excellent depth and length. Detailed and persistent on the palate. Delicious now but could warrant a higher score with another year or two of bottle age.

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• brigcampbell wrote:

  June 24, 2023 - Wine has a noticeably green hue which for whatever reason seems to be a positive for me. The nose on this is great, bold and expressive. There's a decent amount of acidity here when there's Apple and lime. It's a fairly heavy feeling wine. You really have to enjoy oak for this one to hit home because there's a ton of it. So much so on the back end the terpins almost present themselves in the form of heat but it's not. Odd yet interesting.

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• Frank Murray III wrote:

  June 21, 2023 - Bottle 1729. Aromatic of toasted wood and some vanilla. Lemon candy with a spicy, bitter lime finish. The oak and lime imprint just feels heavy and tiring to me.

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• winelover1808 Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 19, 2023 - def on the sweeter, riper side of chardonnay; lots of creme brulee IMHO; tropical sweet fruits; acidity is there but its not pronounced. i enjoyed this for what it is, but have grown to prefer white burgs stylistically and this was a tad too sweet for my palate - although clearly well made and of high quality

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2014
• Type White
• Producer Kistler
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation Cuvée Cathleen
• Vineyard Kistler Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma Valley

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• In Cellars 354 (44%)
• Consumed 442 (56%)

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