2010 Kistler Chardonnay Vine Hill Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (37) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  10/30/2022 - bcolbath wrote: 92 Points

  Have been loving this wine (and vintage) for years. A very mature and pleasurable bottle, much like a mature white burgundy. It's at its peak (if you've cellared it properly), so I would drink up.

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  3/27/2022 - Goldstone wrote: 87 Points

  Canary feathers yellow colour. Nose of deep candle wax, yellow fruits. Palate is semi-lifted acidity but similar candle wax and rather monotone yellow tones… like honeycomb when the sweetness has gone. Marzipan without any freshness. Overall leaves an impression of “yesterday”. Very flat and uninteresting. Was much more fun in the past. Confirms my view that Kistler Chardonnays don't age well compared to, say, Montelena (in particular) or Pahlmeyer....which can go on another decade or more.

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  2/7/2022 - Goldstone wrote: 88 Points

  First 2 of a case purchased on release and drank over Christmas/New Year/Chinese New Year. No detailed notes but I have left these too long - they have lost any freshness and become rather monotone.

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  4/17/2021 - Miceri Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Rich yellow; rich exotic nose, nice rich rounded taste, good acidity level, long intense aftertaste; really nice, not a mindblowing Kistler but still a very very good white

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  12/25/2020 - rpenn77 Does not like this wine:

  This one was shot. Waited too long to pop the cork

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