Kistler Vineyards has helped define California Chardonnay for more than 40 years, but there's a darker side to Kistler … in the form of two single-vineyard Russian River Valley Pinot Noir bottlings. Wine Spectator website members: Read our tasting notes for these two hidden gems.
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