Kistler Vineyards
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Kistler Vineyards is a winery based in Sonoma County, California, founded in 1978 and recognized for producing single-vineyard, Burgundian-style Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from the Sonoma Coast, Russian River Valley, and Sonoma Mountain appellations. Kistler ferments Chardonnay in new French oak barrels using native yeasts and maintains an extended lees-aging program, a method carried across both the Les Noisetiers Russian River Valley and Sonoma Mountain bottlings. The winery's Occidental project, released under the Occidental (Kistler) label, focuses on Pinot Noir from the cool Freestone-Occidental district of the Sonoma Coast. Les Noisetiers Chardonnay represents the winery's most widely available expression, while the Sonoma Mountain Chardonnay and Occidental Pinot Noir Freestone-Occidental draw from more site-specific, lower-yielding blocks.
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Kistler Vineyards is a winery based in Sonoma County, California, founded in 1978 and recognized for producing single-vineyard, Burgundian-style Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from the Sonoma Coast, Russian River Valley, and Sonoma Mountain appellations. Kistler ferments Chardonnay in new French oak barrels using native yeasts and maintains an extended lees-aging program, a method carried across both the Les Noisetiers Russian River Valley and Sonoma Mountain bottlings. The winery's Occidental project, released under the Occidental (Kistler) label, focuses on Pinot Noir from the cool Freestone-Occidental district of the Sonoma Coast. Les Noisetiers Chardonnay represents the winery's most widely available expression, while the Sonoma Mountain Chardonnay and Occidental Pinot Noir Freestone-Occidental draw from more site-specific, lower-yielding blocks.
