Country: U.S.A.

Region: Sonoma County

Vintage: 2017

Cépage: Chardonnay (100%)

Size: 750 ml

Rating(s): 96+ (RP); 98 (JD) 

"Coming from a ridge of more broken shale soils and 25-year-old vines, the 2017 Chardonnay Kistler Vineyard Cuvee Cathleen is a more opulent wine than the more chiseled Kistler Vineyard and offers a beautiful bouquet of golden fruits, pineapple, honeycomb, and rocking levels of salty minerality. It’s fleshy, rounded, and powerful, with a great, great texture as well as a massive finish. This pure, regal, classic Sonoma Chardonnay plays with the best in the world. It can be drunk today or cellared for over a decade."

Jeb Dunnuck (JD) - 06/19