Kistler Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2023

CRITICAL ACCLAIM:

“The 2023 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast) is redolent of crushed flowers, dried herbs, red cherry fruit, blood orange and white pepper. Readers should expect a Pinot built on savory intensity and sinewy structure. The Sonoma Coast Pinot is very much a wine for the dinner table. There’s a lot to like here.” - 92 PTS, ANTONIO GALLONI, VINOUS MEDIA (01/2025)

PRODUCER NOTES: 

VINEYARDS: “The fruit that informs the Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir will someday be driving new single vineyard bottlings and it offers an intriguing look into the future. It is driven by two plantings in the cooler fog influenced climes of western Sonoma County.”

WINEMAKING: “Whole berry native fermentation, no pressing, only free run juice 10 months in French oak, 35% new bottled unfined, unfiltered.”

ABOUT US: “Kistler Vineyards is a family owned estate, founded in 1978. They produce both of the main Burgundy varietals, but are most known for their various heritage Chardonnay bottlings from throughout Sonoma county. The wines are produced using native yeasts, French oak, and are unfined and unfiltered. Longtime winemaker Jason Kesner harvests fruit in the dark, taking advantage of Sonoma's chilly, crisp nights when these perfect clusters are in their most pristine state. Chardonnays are fermented in subterranean barrel cellar with native yeast. The throughline is magnificent texture and formidable, lingering intensity.”