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2015 Kistler Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard
2015 Kistler Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard
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All sales from WINETOGOUSA are final. We offer global shipping. Please note that recipients in the United States must be legally eligible to accept deliveries containing alcohol.
Winemaker Notes
The concept of terroir, that unique contribution of a given site, has become a much-discussed vinous topic these days, sometimes frivolously so, but it is the specific expression of terroir that very much informs each of Kistler's Chardonnays insofar as all are, in fact, subject to the same winemaking regimen and the differences among them are those born of where they were grown. This deeply droughted effort from the Hyde Vineyard gets our vote as being the best of an altogether extraordinary bunch in 2015 by dint of its intensity, its impeccable balance and its sheer fruity strength. It is a wine of remarkable richness and range that, while complete and compelling now, will only grow more complex over time, and we feel safe in predicting that those willing to hide a few bottles away until it reaches its tenth anniversary are sure to be pleased that they did.
About Winery
Kistler Vineyards is a small winery in the Russian River Valley specializing in Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Founded in 1978 on the notion that compelling wines of site can and should be made in California. Kistler has been working with their own heritage selection of Chardonnay since the mid-1980s and is known the world over as a single clone Chardonnay house. They plant one heritage selection of Chardonnay across fifteen vineyards, giving rise to eleven vineyard designate Chardonnays. Similarly, Kistler produces four Pinot Noirs; each of these wines is crafted from the two small-clustered, low-yielding clones that were imported from a Grand Cru vineyard in Burgundy, which they began propagating over 20 years ago. Geoff Labitzke, MW, is the National Director of Sales for Kistler Vineyards and will be our guide as we explore five distinct bottlings of Kistler’s highly sought-after wines.
All sales from WINETOGOUSA are final. We offer global shipping. Please note that recipients in the United States must be legally eligible to accept deliveries containing alcohol.
Winemaker Notes
The concept of terroir, that unique contribution of a given site, has become a much-discussed vinous topic these days, sometimes frivolously so, but it is the specific expression of terroir that very much informs each of Kistler's Chardonnays insofar as all are, in fact, subject to the same winemaking regimen and the differences among them are those born of where they were grown. This deeply droughted effort from the Hyde Vineyard gets our vote as being the best of an altogether extraordinary bunch in 2015 by dint of its intensity, its impeccable balance and its sheer fruity strength. It is a wine of remarkable richness and range that, while complete and compelling now, will only grow more complex over time, and we feel safe in predicting that those willing to hide a few bottles away until it reaches its tenth anniversary are sure to be pleased that they did.
About Winery
Kistler Vineyards is a small winery in the Russian River Valley specializing in Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Founded in 1978 on the notion that compelling wines of site can and should be made in California. Kistler has been working with their own heritage selection of Chardonnay since the mid-1980s and is known the world over as a single clone Chardonnay house. They plant one heritage selection of Chardonnay across fifteen vineyards, giving rise to eleven vineyard designate Chardonnays. Similarly, Kistler produces four Pinot Noirs; each of these wines is crafted from the two small-clustered, low-yielding clones that were imported from a Grand Cru vineyard in Burgundy, which they began propagating over 20 years ago. Geoff Labitzke, MW, is the National Director of Sales for Kistler Vineyards and will be our guide as we explore five distinct bottlings of Kistler’s highly sought-after wines.
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