2013 Kistler Chardonnay Durell Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  1/5/2023 - hsacks Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Similar to the 6/17/22 bottle.

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  6/17/2022 - hsacks Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Light yellow color. Aromas of pear, apples, limes, acacia and wood spices. Ripe, fully-integrated fruit in the mouth with excellent depth and length. Not as extracted as some of the other 2013 Kistlers but delicious with wild Alaskan King salmon and at its peak.

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  1/12/2022 - galewskj wrote: 95 Points

  Open that bottle - Dan chooses 1997 The Maiden (My house): This is a gorgeous, seamless, harmonious well-aged California chardonnay that is drinking great right now. The palate is honeyed with lemon oil. The finish has persisting acidity. I see no reason to hold this any further.

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  1/12/2022 - I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Open THAT Bottle - at Joe's: PnP - This wine is in a prime drinking window right now. Everything is beautifully balanced, in perfect harmony, and showing nice complexity and flavors, with a fairly long finish. This will be a difficult wine to follow for any length of time because each sip begs you to take another, and it is difficult to set the bottle down.
  
  Nose shows plenty of stone fruit, tropics and citrus, with hints of white flowers. Palate shows lots of creamy pear, some Meyers lemon, mango and apple pie, with some notes of minerality and chalk, and hints of toasty oak. You can't help but marvel at the layers of fruit and minerality and how harmoniously they all came together and interact with each other. This is one of the best Kistler wines I have tasted. This was a perfect bottle in a perfect place. 96+ with no problem for my palate!

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  4/26/2021 - rustyRudy Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Light yellow. Tart lemon and lime. Moderate buttery oak, vanilla, some pineapple, and tropical fruits

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