Deep golden color, ripe sweet pineapple and melon. Notes of butterscotch, caramel, and integrated toasty oak. Acid is low and a faint flicker in the background. Super rich and concentrated. Lacks a little bit of the freshness and verve from other bottlings and vintages. Certainly delicious, but I would recommend to drink it up if you have it.
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light yellow, lots of clarity, silver hue Nose: pear, lemon rind, butterscotch, white pepper, clove, musk, oak Pal: pear, orange rind, butterscotch, touch butter, white pepper, minerals, musk, oak Feel: medium Finish: medium T8
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Another serious keeper is the 16 Durell. This wine has more of the estate’s past signature of warm hazelnut and singed brown sugar. It does possess balancing acids and really nice depth of sun kissed stone fruit. Ripe as all get out, but no botrytis notes or overwrought buttery ones. Really in a similar class to Aubert
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This tart but round Chardonnay is drinking well right now, with a nice mix of ripe fruit and crisp acidity. Light gold in color; medium in body; nose of lemon peel, brioche, and toasted almond. Tastes of golden delicious apple, grapefruit, saline, and vanilla extract. 14.1% alcohol. 93+ at the moment, though it may soften (and improve) in the next year or so. More settled and enjoyable on second day.
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Nice golden color. There is some cloudiness to the color.Vanilla, cream, starfruit, good example of a great Kistler chard. Crisper flavors compared to the 2014 I have had recently. The body is lighter than other Kistlers I have had as well. Nice wine. Drinking well now.
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12/25/2023 - jdlee1232 wrote: 95 Points
Gorgeous
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1/9/2022 - P.A. Cross wrote:
Deep golden color, ripe sweet pineapple and melon. Notes of butterscotch, caramel, and integrated toasty oak. Acid is low and a faint flicker in the background. Super rich and concentrated. Lacks a little bit of the freshness and verve from other bottlings and vintages. Certainly delicious, but I would recommend to drink it up if you have it.
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12/11/2021 - Frijole wrote:
light yellow, lots of clarity, silver hue
Nose: pear, lemon rind, butterscotch, white pepper, clove, musk, oak
Pal: pear, orange rind, butterscotch, touch butter, white pepper, minerals, musk, oak
Feel: medium
Finish: medium
T8
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9/25/2020 - jviz wrote: 93 Points
Another serious keeper is the 16 Durell. This wine has more of the estate’s past signature of warm hazelnut and singed brown sugar. It does possess balancing acids and really nice depth of sun kissed stone fruit. Ripe as all get out, but no botrytis notes or overwrought buttery ones. Really in a similar class to Aubert
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3/30/2020 - jckingery@gmail.com wrote: 92 Points
The wonderful combination of fruit and acidity everpresent on these wines, still plenty to go on this one
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3/16/2020 - msuwine wrote: 93 Points
This tart but round Chardonnay is drinking well right now, with a nice mix of ripe fruit and crisp acidity. Light gold in color; medium in body; nose of lemon peel, brioche, and toasted almond. Tastes of golden delicious apple, grapefruit, saline, and vanilla extract. 14.1% alcohol. 93+ at the moment, though it may soften (and improve) in the next year or so. More settled and enjoyable on second day.
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12/8/2019 - RickyT12 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Nice golden color. There is some cloudiness to the color.Vanilla, cream, starfruit, good example of a great Kistler chard. Crisper flavors compared to the 2014 I have had recently. The body is lighter than other Kistlers I have had as well. Nice wine. Drinking well now.
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12/17/2018 - Otaku Oenophile Likes this wine: 90 Points
Much leaner than my experience of the 2015 vintage.
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