Kistler Chardonnay Durell Vineyard

Kistler Chardonnay Durell Vineyard2005 WA 93 "Aromatics of wet stones, peaches, tropical fruits; full bodied, tightly knit, with strong acidity. Expected to drink well for 78 years." 2019 Vivino 4. 4 "Considered a top rated year for this wine. Vibrant, mineral driven, with notes of butter, oak, vanilla, apple, apricot, and citrus." 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

2005 | WA 93

"Aromatics of wet stones, peaches, tropical fruits; full-bodied, tightly-knit, with strong acidity. Expected to drink well for 7–8 years."

2019 | Vivino 4.4

"Considered a “top-rated year” for this wine. Vibrant, mineral-driven, with notes of butter, oak, vanilla, apple, apricot, and citrus."

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.