Kistler Vineyards Vine Hill Chardonnay 2014

96 Points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

Vine Hill is the vineyard that surrounds the winery. It’s Steve Kistler’s 25-year old dry farmed Chardonnay grown in a deep, sandy subset of the Gold Ridge soil series that seemingly has no bottom. Here, the vines work overtime to get what they can the nutrient-poor sands to produce a wine of unparalleled energy and complexity. One of Kistler’s perennial favorites each year, it’s kicked up to a whole other gear in the 2014 vintage. The Wine Advocate gave it a 96-point score and called it, “beautifully structured with a lively backbone of acid supporting the rich, seductive fruit.” The stone fruit/nutty combination here is to die for. It’s a great bottle of wine on pair with just about any in the world.