Kistler Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard 2023

White
Los Carneros, United States
8.0
WineSaint

Reductive funk dominates initially, masking the underlying apricot and chamomile beneath. Extended breathing reveals tropical hints and better balance, but the reduction remains prominent. The historic Hyde site shows through eventually, though this vintage feels like a gamble. It may evolve gracefully with time or stay stubbornly closed.

apricotchamomiletropical fruitreductive funk
Label

Kistler

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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.