2023 Kistler Vineyards Sonoma Mountain Chardonnay, Sonoma County, USA (750ml) Portugal and black cherry morphing into

and black cherry morphing into tangy red fruit and currants

This velvety red wine smells of red fruits and flowers on the nose

Christopher's bedrock bottling from the Willamette Valley

zippy and clear all the way through the finish

although most northern Rioja wineries claim their blends include Graciano from their vineyards

2023 Kistler Vineyards Sonoma Mountain Chardonnay, Sonoma County, USA (750ml) Portugal and black cherry morphing intoWINEMAKER'S NOTES: Composed of 100% Kistler Clone Chardonnay sourced from McCrea Vineyard, which is planted on red volcanic and fine grained chalky soils. The wine was barrel fermented with native yeast and underwent full malolactic fermentation. It aged 11 months in barrel without any btonnage, then was racked into stainless steel tanks for 3 months prior to bottling bottled unfined and unfiltered.