Kistler Chardonnay Vine Hill Vineyard 2020
White
Russian River Valley, United States
6.4
WineSaint
Tightly wound with green apple and mineral precision, but lacks the richness this site typically delivers. The palate feels compressed, almost austere, with citrus peel and chalk notes dominating a lean frame. May soften with time, though the core fruit seems thin.
green applecitrus peelchalkmineral
Label
Kistler
→Kistler is one of California's benchmark Chardonnay producers, farming a network of distinct Russian River Valley and Sonoma Coast sites and bottling them separately to map differences in soil, exposure, and microclimate.