Winemaker Notes - Kistler Chardonnay is made using traditional French
techniques, with the winemaker himself performing the cellar work on
the wines. Kistler Chardonnay has a distinct character. It is
completely barrel-fermented using indigenous and cultured yeasts, is
aged in 50% new French oak barrels unracked and in contact with all its
fermentation lees, has undergone a malolactic fermentation, receives
minimal handling and processing, and is bottled unfiltered and,
generally, unfined after 11-18 months of barrel age. |
