Kistler Stone Flat Vineyard Chardonnay 2005

Kistler Stone Flat Vineyard Chardonnay 2005

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  • Robert Parker rating 97
  • Vinous rating 96
Kistler Stone Flat Vineyard Chardonnay 2005
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75 cl

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£130.00
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Kistler Stone Flat Vineyard Chardonnay 2005 is a white wine from Napa Valley, produced from vines rooted in gravelly alluvial soils that promote low yields and natural concentration. The season was temperate, with slow ripening preserving tension within the fruit’s generous frame. Aromas of Meyer lemon, pear and crushed stone are layered with almond, smoke and discreet oak spice. The palate is expansive yet controlled, its creamy texture lifted by linear acidity and a cool mineral core. Lees influence adds subtle savoury weight, and the finish is persistent and poised, reflecting the precision typical of this vineyard.
97 Robert Parker
A new offering from Steve Kistler is the 2005 Chardonnay Stone Flat Vineyard, a Sonoma Coast site located close to the Durell Vineyard. This classic 2005 displays a solid core of intense, concentrated fruit, medium to full body, and high acid, which provides superb freshness and buttresses the wine’s super intensity and richness. It possesses abundant mineral, white citrus, and orange blossom characteristics as well as beautiful purity. Kistler Vineyards, undeniably one of the world’s finest winemaking estates, is run with passionate dedication to detail and quality by Steve Kistler and Mark Bixler. It is wines like these that keep an old critic like me inspired and energized. - Robert M. Parker, Jr.
96 Vinous
Yellow-gold. Strikingly complex aromas of poached pear, toasted grain, iodine and mineral salts, with a suave floral undertone. Palate-staining citrus and stone fruit flavors offer an uncanny blend of finesse and power, with a expression of smoky minerality that reminded me of a Montrachet from Marc Colin. Refuses to let go of the palate, finally finishing with strong iodine, toasty lees and pear skin qualities. A really extraordinary new wine from Kistler, from eight-year-old vines in the Parmalee-Hill Vineyard, planted on rocky soil in southwest Sonoma, near the Carneros line.Stephen Tanzer1st May 2008

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