2023 Technical Specifications
Alcohol 14.4%
Grape Varieties 100% Chardonnay
Drinking Window Now through 2030
Region Sonoma Coast
Indigenous Yeast Yes
Oak Details 33% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak33%
Production Details Grapes were harvested by hand at night. Vinification used indigenous yeasts, followed by 10–11 months on fine lees in barriques, 33% of them new. The recommended serving-temperature range is 10–12°C.
Tasting Notes Bright pale yellow; candied lemon, mandarin, white flowers and a restrained hazelnut note; rich and creamy, balanced by precise acidity, with a citrus-and-floral finish.
Food Pairing Poultry in cream sauce with chanterelles; frog-leg fricassee; salmon fillet with citrus.
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2021 Technical Specifications
Alcohol 14.3%
Grape Varieties 100% Chardonnay
Region Sonoma Coast
Fermentation Vessels Barrels
Pressing Method Whole Clusters Were Hand-Fed Directly Into The Press And Subjected To An Extremely Gentle Two-Hour Champagne Pressing Program.
Indigenous Yeast Yes
Oak Details 38% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak38%
Unfined Yes
Unfiltered Yes
Production Details After pressing, the juice was consolidated in tank and transferred without cold settling to barrels with its fine lees. It fermented dry in barrel through naturally occurring yeasts, completed malolactic fermentation, matured in barrel for 11 months without bâtonnage, then spent three additional months in tank before bottling without fining or filtration. The proportion of new oak was described only as lower than for Kistler's other Chardonnay bottlings.
Tasting Notes Anna Lee C. Iijima: hazelnut skin and kernel, lemon and custard. James Suckling: sliced apple, spiced pear, reductive character, full body and pronounced phenolic tension.
2019 Technical Specifications
Alcohol 14.3%
Region Sonoma Coast
Sites Vine Hill, Dutton Ranch and Trenton Roadhouse vineyard parcels in western Sonoma County
Fermentation Vessels Barrels
Oak Details 25% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak25%
Oak Types French oak
Production Details A three-parcel western Sonoma County blend, fermented in barrel and matured on the lees for 11 months in French oak, 25% of it new.
Tasting Notes Medium golden-straw color; citrus pith, lemon-tangerine, honeycomb, pear and peach, with subtle hazelnut and vanilla-oak accents; fleshy and glycerin-rich with structure likened to cru Chassagne-Montrachet.
Critics Ratings 93
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Producer Information
Website
Address
7095 Trenton-Healdsburg Road, Forestville, CA 95436, USA
Phone
+1 707-657-7665
Owner
Bill Price (purchased interest 2008)
Cellarmaster
Jason Kesner