2023 Hudson Chardonnay
Notes
Pale yellow. Vaulted perfumes of ripe juicy yellow and white orchard fruits, with its always iodine-like salinity and a savory beeswax character this year, something wild and natural yet collected. An inherent tone of deep textural richness permeates and drives the center, a viscosity, but well cut with lovely natural acidity and it strikes a very good balance. A poignant reflection of one of two best sites in Carneros and speaks so clearly to the soils and climes of Hudson.
Reviews
97
Lisa Perrotti-Brown
The 2023 Chardonnay Hudson Vineyard sashays out with gregarious notes of fresh baked apple pie, candied ginger, lemongrass, and allspice, plus nuances of honey-drizzled pears and baking bread. The full-bodied palate is satiny and seductive with a lively backbone and a long spicy finish.
97
Jim Gordon
So suave, full and layered, offering lush, ripe apple and pear flavors with toast, spice and cream accents. Full-bodied, nicely viscous in texture and saturated with quite generous, almost sweet tasting fruit and a touch of honey. Delicious and mouth-coating. Drink now or hold.
96
Audrey Frick
Moving south to Carneros, the 2023 Chardonnay Hudson Vineyard is a bright yellow color and has fresh notes of lifted smoky earth, preserved lemon, custard, green apple, and salted pineapples. The palate is rounded and full-bodied, with a generous and elegant feel, even, ripe acidity, and a gently warming toasted almond perfume on the finish. Drink 2025-2035.
96
Antonio Galloni
The 2023 Chardonnay Hudson Vineyard is classic Hudson. Silky, layered and light on its feet, the 2023 is a winner. Lemon confit, white flowers, chalk, mint, white pepper and herbs all grace this super-expressive Chardonnay from Kistler. All the elements are so well balanced. Superb. And so distinctive. For readers who want to know what Hudson is all about, this is it.
95
Erin Brooks
The 2023 Chardonnay Hudson Vineyard has slowly unfurling scents of saline and nori that give way to peach, orange peel and jasmine. The full-bodied palate has a luxuriously satiny texture and incredibly concentrated, perfumed flavors. Its generosity is balanced by energetic acidity, and it has a very long, dynamic finish.