Kistler Carneros Chardonnay Hudson Vineyard 1995 champagne-template Candied cherry

Candied cherry

Immediate warming peatiness drift to a sweet Oloroso sherry influence with rich oak

smooth flavors with a playful spirit

This is a wine that rewards patience

where Syrah clings to absurdly steep slopes and every parcel gets treated like a jewel

Kistler Carneros Chardonnay Hudson Vineyard 1995 champagne-template Candied cherryThis is a true rarity: a back vintage Kistler Chardonnay from the celebrated Hudson Vineyard in Carneros, now three decades old and sourced from a private collection. Kistler has been California's reference point for Burgundian style, single clone Chardonnay since the late 1970s, and Hudson is one of their landmark sites. At this age the wine has long shed its primary fruit and traded it for the nutty, honeyed, savory complexity that only patient