2012 Kistler Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard
Community Tasting Note
BBencz Likes this wine:
90 Points
Friday, November 6, 2015 - Definitely a yellow-green hue. Wet stone nose and lemon curd flavors with a bit too much acid at this point. Will give another year or so to see if it balances out.
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Comment posted by BuzzzzOff:
11/7/2015 4:18:00 AM - Thanks for your note and rating. Intriguing observations. We often are curious with the expression of "wet stone nose", and we would love to read your thoughts. Definitely requires some time to blossom into the lady she will be!
Comment posted by BBencz:
11/8/2015 7:57:00 AM - Am sure this wine will indeed blossom given time. Only thing on the nose for me during this last tasting was a very pure aroma of clean, wet stone. Like sitting stream side at a mineral spring. Maybe it was my nose that night and not the wine, but for me it wasn't giving much. It had an hour or so of air before we tasted, so it had some time to open up in the bottle. Anyway, thanks for the note.
Comment posted by BuzzzzOff:
11/8/2015 4:15:00 PM - Thanks for the clarification of "Like sitting stream side at a mineral spring". Sounds wonderful. Our memory banks do not have that aroma given nature to us is sitting on the couch, sipping wine and tuning into National Geographic on an 84" screen TV :-(. We will make an effort to obtain that aroma as it sounds very nice!