Kistler Vineyards Hyde Vineyard Chardonnay 2014
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The 2014 Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard opens with notes of musk melon, lemon curd and baked peaches with hints of cedar, chalk dust and wet pebbles. Medium to full-bodied, it fills the palate with ripe, expressive melon and mineral characters, finishing long and pleasantly oily.
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Serves up rich flavors of fig, vanilla, apricot and roasted marshmallow that work around the theme of smoky, toasty oak. Ends long, deep and persistent. Drink now through 2022.
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