Community Tasting Note

• rlove wrote: 88 points

  July 23, 2016 - Green-tinged gold. Nose of pineapple, pear, vanilla, and oaky spice. The oak is still quite prominent, surprising for the age, and rather distracting from what could be an elegant Chardonnay. (Bottle 12099)

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• BuzzzzOff commented:

  7/24/16, 9:41 PM - Thanks for your note and rating. Depressing to read. Perhaps the oak's prominence is bottle variation? We have found the integration to be outstanding in the few bottles we have sipped over the last two years. We are saving one more to try circa 2020. Dunno...have you experienced this issue in other 2009 Kistlers?

• rlove commented:

  7/25/16, 6:10 AM - BuzzzzOff: This is my second bottle, similar tasting notes.
  
  I don't like prominent oak so perhaps your palate may enjoy this more.

• BuzzzzOff commented:

  7/25/16, 5:57 PM - OkeyDokey, rlove. We are oak suckers for sure, but "prominence" is rarely welcomed to our palates as well.

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