Kistler “Les Noisetiers” Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2022

“Kistler Vineyards remains one of the absolute benchmark producers of great Sonoma Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, sitting right up there with the highest quality examples of these grapes from throughout the world. While the wines come from as wide a range of top terroirs as Sonoma can provide, interestingly nearly all of the Chardonnays are produced from a proprietary selection of Wente clones taken from a Larry Hyde block in the early 1980s.” -Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

Les Noisetiers, surrounds the Kistler winery on the Sonoma Coast. The new 2022 release has just been released and it it already showing beautifully. I guess that shouldn’t come as a surprise since it is the master Steve Kistler, and the early returns from 2022, is that it was a really strong vintage throughout California and especially Sonoma Coast.

This one comes tightly wound with precision and slowly unfurls layers of nuance, juicy fruit and a mouthwatering mineral backbone. As always with these wines, every note is intense and pure. Flavors of lemon, honeysuckle and stone fruit aromatics lead to a full bodied, juicy core that is just loaded with flavors of peach and apricots with great acidity and that mineral backbone that ties it all together.

It’s another world class chardonnay from an icon in American winemaking, Steve Kistler. Get it before it’s gone – we never get enough of this iconic bottling.