Kistler 'Sonoma Mountain' Chardonnay 2024 (750ml)
Product price
$89.99
Description
Chardonnay from Sonoma Mountain occupies a cooler, higher pocket of Sonoma, and this bottling from Kistler Vineyards draws on parcels at McCrea with reddish soils, the lots set aside from the fruit that goes into the single-vineyard wines. It is a still white that sits quietly among the larger California portfolio, often overlooked next to the vineyard-designates it comes close to matching.
There is real polish here, a wine that pulls you in from the first sip. Dried flowers, chamomile and mint open into citrus peel and a flick of white pepper, with herbal notes and a faint earthiness running underneath. Refined and unshowy, it reads as one of the more characterful expressions in the range.
Product Details
| Category | Wine |
| Color | White |
| Country | USA |
| Region | California |
| Subregion | Sonoma Mountain |
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
| Producer | Kistler Vineyards |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Size | 750 ML |
| Subtype | Still |
Expert Reviews
The 2023 Chardonnay Sonoma Mountain is one of the most distinctive wines in the Kistler range. It emerges from parcels at McCrea with reddish soils (parcels with whiter soils are used for the vineyard-designate). A wine of total class and sophistication, the 2023 is immediately seductive. Dried flowers, mint, chamomile, herbs, white pepper, citrus peel and subtle earthy undertones all take shape in the glass. The 2023 is especially fine. It approaches the quality of the vineyard-designates, making it something of a hidden gem in this broad portfolio.