1997 Kistler Chardonnay Vine Hill Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  2/5/2018 - Vinomnivore wrote: 84 Points

  Well past it’s prime for my taste (flat with no acid lift). Still they are some baked apple and honey flavors that some may enjoy. It’s drinkable but I would choose something else.

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  11/18/2017 - Boone's Farm Does not like this wine: 84 Points

  I am a Francophile. Period. Many of my guests liked this wine very much. I just can't get past how much oak is applied to American Chardonnay. There was good fruit and length but I felt like I had oak splinters on my tongue. Not my cup of tea. Give me a Chablis or a White Burgundy any day.

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  10/5/2013 - JDRFoster wrote: 93 Points

  Performing well. More youthful than prior bottle.

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  9/21/2013 - JDRFoster wrote: 90 Points

  Deep gold to light amber. Roasted nuts over backed honeyed apple nose, with lemon and tangerine in the background. More lemon and tart apple, iodine, burnt pineapple in the mouth, where it is creamy with moderate acidity.Medium finish, turning a tad bitter at the end. Still quite nice.

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  8/19/2013 - Tgood wrote: 93 Points

  As I heard that someone has said " there are no great wines only great corks" I figure this is the case in this wine as my prior notes describe this wine as spent in large measure. Tonight the cork seemed plumb and intact and the wine is a youthful yellow gold and aromas and flavors are crisp golden delicious apple and fresh lemony cream with an alcohol finish and a vanilla streak.

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