2024 Kistler Chardonnay Sonoma Mountain

The 2024 Chardonnay gives you the impression of a film editor cutting a film to the essential truths — which, in wine terms, means that volcanic Sonoma Mountain terroir expressing itself cleanly and directly. There’s a strong presence of stone fruit, but it doesn’t predominate — nothing does; running alongside it is a subtle note of chalk, along with a decided mineral undertow. This is the kind of winemaking we love to see, the character developed naturally, without tricks. Kistler's three-decade commitment to its single-heritage clone is the key here, and results in a wine of striking focus and intensity.