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2021 Chardonnay Durell Vineyard

Wine Details
Producer

Kistler

Place of Origin

United States

Sonoma Coast

Sonoma

Color

White

Grape/Blend

Chardonnay

Vintages
202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005200420032002200120001999199819971996
Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2024 - 2031

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These new releases from Kistler are stellar. All the wines are wonderfully detailed and expressive of place, one of the signatures of this important vintage. Winemaker and President Jason Kesner describes 2021 as a year with an early budbreak and mild summer. Inclement weather during bloom reduced yields, although nothing as severe as 2020. The Chardonnays spent 11 months in barrel, followed by a few months in steel, while the Pinots saw 9 months in oak and were bottled ahead of the 2022 harvest. I also went back and tasted half of the 2020s. Those wines reflect the challenges of the year and reinforce just how special 2021 is. Readers will not want to miss the 2021s.