Kistler Vineyards Hyde Vineyard Chardonnay 2017

Professional Ratings

• 95 Jeb Dunnuck
  The medium gold-colored 2017 Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard comes from a great site in Carneros and has a pretty, complex bouquet citrus, apple, brioche, and salty minerality as well as tons of white flower notes. Medium-bodied, it has a distinct marine-like salinity, terrific balance, and a clean, crisp finish. It’s another remarkable Chardonnay from this team.
• 95 Decanter
  This vineyard in the heart of cool Carneros was founded in 1979, with Chardonnay as the first priority. Kistler has sourced fruit from it since 1994. The maritime climate of cool fog and breezes from San Francisco Bay give the wine classic balance and the steely zing of acidity. It has a lighter citrus-herb-mineral feel and a very long salty finish.
• 94 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  The 2017 Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard has a delicate nose of apricot, quince peel and red apple skin with notes of honeyed almonds, toast, gunflint and dried flowers with a spicy undercurrent. It's medium-bodied, broad and rounded in the mouth with intense savory fruit layers opposed by tangy acidity, finishing very long on a mineral note.
• 94 Connoisseurs' Guide

  Kistler’s Hyde Vineyard Chardonnay is the second of two seriously good examples from Carneros and earns its spurs for both depth and polish. It is a beautifully balanced, moderately full-bodied effort that is at once supple, structured and lively with precise fruit to spare and a seamlessly fit complement of lovely oak that imparts a touch of crème brûlée-like sweetness to its wonderfully sustained, mineral-tinged fruit. It is another member of its brood that is understandably hard to resist now and yet clearly capable of aging famously for years

• 93 Wine Spectator
  Viscous, creamy richness accents the concentrated citrus, ripe apple, apricot and white currant flavors that are plush and lusciously spiced. The refined finish offers ample peach cobbler accents.