Kistler Hyde Vineyard Chardonnay 2022
HK$ 2,224.58
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
After opening the 2022 Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard, it opened dramatically over several days. Saline, nori, white pepper and lemon aromas slowly give way to orange peel, apricot, beeswax and floral perfume on the nose. The palate's silky texture and powerfully concentrated fruit are foiled by mouthwatering acidity, and it has a vibrant, expressive finish. That pure, delicate expression is alluring, though it will be long-lived in the cellar.
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Alcohol
14.3%
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Between 10ºC and 12ºC
Winemaking
Fermented and aged for 11 months in French oak barrels (35% new). Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Description
Kistler was born out of a small California insurrection: in 1978, Steve Kistler and Mark Bixler wanted to prove that CaliforniaChardonnay could also speak "vineyard", not "recipe". Their philosophy remains almost obstinate: farmers first and foremost. The fruit rules, and the winery goes with it. Since the mid-1980s they have been working with a single selection/heritage clone of Chardonnay in all their vineyards so that the difference is written by the place, not the trick. Kistler Hyde Vineyard Chardonnay, in Carneros(Sonoma Coast ), is pure coastal climate: fog, cool breezes and a slow pace of ripening that locks in acidity and perfume. The marine loam soils and poorer hillside areas provide that signature wet stone and salinity that makes the wine more taut than voluptuous. It has been bottled since 1994 and, true to its character, many harvests are decided in the early hours of the morning: the grapes are harvested when they are cold and bright, as if the day had not yet had time to soften them.
Winemaking
The grapes are brought in cold and are worked with minimal intervention. Kistler Hyde Vineyard Chardonnay is barrel fermented with indigenous yeasts in their underground cellars, aiming for a slow integration. It then rests for around 11 months in French oak barrels, with a portion of new wood, to gain depth without losing tension. The barrel is designed to support, not to dominate: a discreet framework. Ageing on the lees builds texture and precision, and bottling comes without fining or filtering, when the wine has already found its centre: energy, density and mineral nerve.
Taste
Kistler Hyde Vineyard Chardonnay tends to be the most "generous" of the house, but in texture, not sweetness. Nose of apple and pear peel, apricot and a citrus hit of lime and candied lemon. Then the important stuff: oyster shell, wet pebbles, minerality and sea salt, like a breeze coming through the window. The palate is satiny, almost oily, but without heaviness: the acidity tightens it like a cable. The fruit is clean, flesh and skin, with a background of hazelnut and subtle toast. Beeswax, an echo of nori/seaweed and white spices appear with air. The finish is long, vibrant, fresh, mineral, with that cool stone and sea sensation that leaves your mouth sharp and ready for another sip.
Shipping to Hong Kong
Estimated transit time: 3 working days.
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