2005 Kistler Vine Hill Road Vineyard Chardonnay - 94-96 pts!
A crisp elegant yet powerful mineral-dominated effort the 2005 Chardonnay Vine Hill Vineyard is reticent at present exhibiting scents of lemon oil white currants peaches and orange rind. With striking intensity great elegance richness precision and delineation this beautiful Chardonnay brought to mind a top-notch French Corton-Charlemagne. Kistler Vineyards undeniably one of the world's finest winemaking estates is run with passionate dedication to detail and quality by Steve Kistler and Mark Bixler. It is wines like these that keep an old critic like me inspired and energized. RP
