2010 Kistler Chardonnay Les Noisetiers Sonoma

Purchase 2010 Kistler Chardonnay Les Noisetiers Sonoma

2010 Kistler Chardonnay  Les Noisetiers Sonoma Mountain

Rich, complex smoky aroma of perfect ripe fruit with a delicious noisette note, in a pleasing, Meursault-like style. In the mouth the wine is very delicious, displaying intense, fruit flavors underpinned with toasty oak and smoky flavors. The crisp acidity in the wine highlights the delicious fruit and makes it an excellent accompaniment to a wide range of foods. It is richly textured with a long, lingering finish.

The Kistler plantings on Sonoma Mountain, situated on a hillside bench perfectly suited for growing world class Chardonnay, are interlaced with the rare combination of red volcanic and fine grained chalky soils. These are east facing terraced vineyards, shadowed from the afternoon sun by giant redwoods. This is a remarkable marriage of site and orientation to the cooler trendings of the valley below. The vineyards are planted to California Heritage clones that we have selected for specifically over the last 30 years to ripen to our balanced wine standards. They are some of the oldest Chardonnay vineyards in Sonoma County. When coupled with the selections in the vineyard the textbook growing conditions afford a wine that is decidedly Sonoma Mountain in character. Annually some of our earliest vineyard pickings each year, this is a wine driven by a grounded, focused mineral core yet lifted by striking ethereal tones of vibrant light fruit raised at elevation.  100% Chardonnay Whole cluster pressed 100% malolactic fermentation in barrel 40% new 3 year air dried French oak barrels, 60% one year old barrels Aged Sur Lie 11 months Bottled without filtration or fining.

Purchase 2010 Kistler Chardonnay Les Noisetiers Sonoma