2006 Chardonnay McCrea Vineyard
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Tasting notes
Greenish-gold color. Musky peach pit and mango aromas are complicated by smoky minerals and honeysuckle. Firm, tightly focused citrus and dried pit fruit flavors gain weight and gentle sweetness with air, picking up a juicy melon quality. Firm finishing notes of pear skin, tarragon and minerals give this wine a grown-up character.
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Robert Parker
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Previously recommended, but no tasting note given. Tel. (707) 823-5603; Fax (707) 823-6709
About the producer

Kistler’s Chardonnays are some of the world’s most sought-after. This cult Californian producer crafts small volumes of exceptional, rich and generous, yet mineral and precise wines. With almost the entire production sold directly to their mailing list, the wines are also incredibly hard to find.