価格：33,390円

ワインスペクテイター95点＆タンザー94点！！【Kistler】 Chardonnay "Hyde Vineyard" [2000] ■ ハイド(レミー、パッツ＆ホール等へ供給)と並ぶ、行政区分上のナパ郡側に位置するカーネロスの代表的銘醸畑がハドソン・ヴィンヤードです。

高級ワインの出所として知られるハドソンの中でも最高の果実が育まれる区画が“Eブロック”。

主に古樹が多く植わります。

現行リリースに限定すると、このEブロック産の果実を常時用いる造り手はキスラーとマーカッサン(マーカッシン)のみとなります。

(2007.04現在) シャルドネではレイミーやナイヤーズ、その他赤品種ではルイス、コングスガード、アリエッタ、デュモル(クレア：Clare)へも供給。

● ワインスペクテイター誌が歴代屈指に推すヴィンテージ ■ ワインスペクテイター95点 Wine Advocate # 142 Aug 2002より：The 2000 Chardonnay Hudson E-Block reveals a greenish hue to the light straw color, along with crisp acids, superb candied lemon and orange-like notes, less minerality, but full-bodied, smoky, earthy, tropical fruit flavors, and high levels of acidity. There are 500 cases of this prodigious effort. Steve Kistler and his sidekick, Mark Bixler, feel that the key to making top quality Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in 2000 (an extremely cold year with higher acids) was patience. Some years the flavors come early, and in other years they are much later. It is not surprising that their 2000 Chardonnays could easily pass as grand cru white Burgundies, as that has been the case here for over a decade. These offerings possess incredible liquid minerality, great structure, and phenomenal purity. At the same time, their wines respect their individual vineyard sites. All are put through full, slow malolactics, then racked off into the settling tanks, and bottled without filtration. Nothing is ever done in a hurry. Over the last decade, I have been assessing their aging potential. It appears they hit their peak in 3-5 years, where they remain for 8-9 years before beginning to decline. While that is not lengthy by the standards of many white Burgundies, it is extremely long-lived for California Chardonnay. The wines will last longer, but ageability should be measured by the ability of a wine to improve, not just survive. Robert Parker 93 Drink -  ■ スティーヴンタンザー94ポイント Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, May/Jun 03より： Pale bright yellow. More Burgundian, sulfidey aromas of nuts, iodine, smoke and earth. Dense, suave and vibrant, with very subtle flavors of lemon and minerals. Offers an uncanny combination of airy texture and thickness of fruit. A wine of great sweetness and lift. Superconcentrated without being at all aggressive or phenolic. 94 points DRCモンラッシェ，コシュデュリ・ムルソー&コルトンシャルルマーニュ，コントラフォン・ムルソーと共にパーカー氏が世界筆頭級と推すシャルドネ。

品種構成：シャルドネ Chardonnay 産地：ナパ郡>カーネロスA.V.A. Napa>Carneros タイプ：[白] コクのある辛口 Dry 内容量：750ml