Kistler, Les Noisetiers, Sonoma Coast

Sweet but oxidised

2008 vintage

Sadly past prime

2008 vintage

Big fat rich hot ripe. Bright golden color. Nose of spiced oak. This is just too much.

2008 vintage

Dark yellow; nutty and somewhat oxidized; so what are you looking for? A “fresh” old wine with layers of complexity? - not this one; an interesting old wine with oxidiation, a bit of nuttyness, no freshness, but some other flavours which are agreeable - this is the one; so all in all, not a fabolous experience at all, but won’t pour it down the sink either

2008 vintage

Pleasantly oxidized and very enjoyable with the cheese course.

2008 vintage

Bright gold color. Aromas of apples, tea, pineapple and almond skins. Ripe, full-bodied fruit in the mouth with very good depth and depth. Though moderately oxidized, the fruit was fully intact and persistent on the palate and delicious with my wife’s spicy spot prawns.

2008 vintage

Golden colour; rich nutty honey nose; rich, broad taste, good acidity, no wauv factor but well made

2008 vintage

Pleasantly surprised it tasted so good at its age. Buttery flavor and still strong finish

2008 vintage

Fast Times at the Frey's : This does taste like a Kistler. Big and toasty. There is enough acidity here, but it could use more. Full-bodied.

2008 vintage

Fast Times at the Frey's : Medium gold color. Drank a 4 oz pour over an hour. Drank this next to a '10 Shafer RSR and there certainly was a big step up with the Kistler. A fairly big wine no doubt, but not such that it screams at you. I found it very attractive all around. The nose has lovely golden fruits, rich and complex with peah and melon in addition to a toasted oak that was complimenting the …

2008 vintage

wine group dinner at Two Chefs

2008 vintage

Dinner with Friends : Golden in color, big aroma. Chablis like minerality but with rich lucious texture. Peaches, brioche, orange jam with a finish that goes on for almost a minute.

2008 vintage

Classic Cali bold chard. Dark gold color. Big nose of vanilla, oak, and lush oak. Palate was thick with gobs of toasted oak, vanilla and ice cream. Very tasty but difficult to drink with food.

2008 vintage

Nice and a little more laid back than most Kistlers

2008 vintage

Color of very ripe pineapple. When popped and poured while too cold the oak was excessive, but this did come together much better after warming. Nice flavors of pear, pineapple, apple and tangerine. Good depth. Nice finish.

2008 vintage

Balance and body. All there.

2008 vintage

Didn't take detailed notes and only had a taste.

2008 vintage

Am I crazy, or does this bottle say 'Sonoma Coast?' dark edged yellow lees palate. Not that oaky lots of cherrio grain, roasted sweet corn sweet fruit. Killer acid and balance, not buttery, not too creamy. More about corn and acid. Hold well on the second day. I wasn’t expecting this to be in such good shape. Drink to 2018.

2008 vintage

Quite creamy and well balanced, on a quicker evolutionary track than some

2008 vintage

Past it's prime

2008 vintage

Classic mineral chardonnay.

2008 vintage

CITRUS NOSE WITH GRAPEFRUIT. CITRUS IN THE FLAVOR. NICE ACIDITY AND COMPLEXITY. LONG FINISH.

2008 vintage

I liked this slightly better than the McCrea I had alongside. Similar minerality, zesty acidity and good core of fruits and very nice focus.

2008 vintage

Nose of lemon tart, quince, pear. On the palate creamy texture, seville orange, some citrus. Quite good.

2008 vintage

- Yellow gold color - Drank with heather Ethan Janisse and hector 3/15/13

2008 vintage

Lovely and full bodies. Nice secondary flavors just begining to develop. PDQ93+

2008 vintage

WA 93+, At its peak right now. The perfect Chardonnay.

2008 vintage

Deep yellow color, good acidity, rich flavors. Still drinking well.

2008 vintage

Exact match of bottle consumed on 8/1/2012. Drink now and enjoy it a peak drinking window. Awesome creamy butterscotch with tropical fruit galore this wine is smoking! No longer a green tinged pale yellow color but more golden like a Y'Quem. Not oxidized but oak has melted away and this appears fully mature.

2008 vintage

This bottle is at peak drinking window right now and so glad I sampled it. Very surprised at this maturing earlier than expected. Will sample a few more bottles over the next few weeks and report back. Tasting notes consistent with others posted on CT.

2008 vintage

Alluring nose, showing huge butterscotchy oak, but littles else, and not much chardonnay character. Not a great Kistler, disappointing.

2008 vintage

A rich, creamy, texture, yet with the acidity to back it up. Layers of citrus and tropical fruit notes, and just enough oak to round it out.

2008 vintage

93 pts, This chardonnay one of the best I have, Nose; hints of citrus, with light cream back end; mouth feel great on the palate round finish as it got warmer the cream finish was more pronounced. hold this wine for a least 3 more year in cellar before i open another!

2008 vintage

Med yellow. Oaky nose, underlaid by white fruit. Palate has lots of oak but substantial white and tropicl fruit. Great length. Good until 2014>

2008 vintage

Beautiful amber color. Smooth. Oaky. Balanced. Enjoyed it with Salmon.

2008 vintage

Nice, rich, but not over the top

2008 vintage

Lovely aromatic nose; sweet apple pie/cobbler with an underpinning of soft mineral notes; nice classic, round but balanced mouth, elegant with a good dose of oak, but well integrated; mineral/rocks show through in this wine with good backbone and a long finish. Very nice Classic California Chardonnay, not trying to be anything it isn't.

2008 vintage

ProActive Project Management Team Dinner (Karlebo Kro) : More yellow (unfiltered), more butter, more concentration. Faboulous white.

2008 vintage

Voyager Estate Masterclass 2011 : Tropical fruit, butterscotch, very lovely

2008 vintage

loads of apple pie, butter, tamarind paste, lemon, pineapple and charred oak on the nose that develops into a more vanilla and smoke tinted aromatic profile with some time. Palate is full, but gentle, not a sloppy, lazy mouthfeel and not overly extracted or oaked. Very good wine, but I'm afraid it's difficult to justify the price.

2008 vintage

(Steensgaard) Refined and elegant chardonnay with some oak evident; good minerality and fine balance, Reminds me of a Puligny premier cru.

2008 vintage

Big popcorn, ashen creamy, tight spicy barrel flavors. Big, but not a fat slut. BB King, perhaps. This is very good, flavor complexity with all this great acid. !!!!! On day 3, this wine really took off into Meursault territory. Buy, buy. Insane chard at $60ish.

2008 vintage

A step down from the '07 Kistler Vine Hill from a few months ago and not the best bottle of this wine I have had, but still solid. Super rich and aromatic, as expected for this producer, with lemon curd and honey. Alcohol spikes mid palette and finish.

2008 vintage

Initial nose of oak and blend of citrus/pear. The palate shows additional notes of cotton candy, pineapple, minerality. Others not so impressed with this wine, but I found it very enjoyable. Beating out other chards being tasted that night.

2008 vintage

4/24/201196 points Sea salt caramel popcorn is my first instinct, then I try to focus in the fruit but that butter, pleasant butter, not over powering seems to linger with me. Pear, and slight lemon zest follow with great acid to counter balance. This is a harmonious wine that I recommend either with seafood or by itself.

2008 vintage

Sea salt caramel popcorn is my first instinct, then I try to focus in the fruit but that butter, pleasant butter, not over powering seems to linger with me. Pear, and slight lemon zest follow with great acid to counter balance. This is a harmonious wine that I recommend either with seafood or by itself.

2008 vintage

I did not write down specific notes because I was quite disappointed. By far not the concentration and complexity I experienced with some older vintages in the past. Nevertheless an ok wine. The McCrea 2006 I tasted beside this wine is so much better.

2008 vintage

Full of caramel, apple - golden delicious, disappointed compared to the Dutton from last week but i think that spoilt me!

2008 vintage

Perhaps I just don't understand this wine but, for all the years of hype that's preceded it, I was sorely disappointed. Nice straw color. Slowly blossoming aromatics, which started with both tropical & stone fruits; melding nicely into slightly buttery oak. What disappointed was that the mouthfeel & palate-impression was rather simple/flat, with none of those aromatics carrying into the taste profile. Hopelessly lost between the steel fermented style in current favor and the rich, round, full-malo unctuousness of Cali …

2008 vintage

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