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| Community Tasting Notes (average 95.2 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 77 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by ekorn on 3/30/2024: Decanted ~3 hours before serving. It needed the time and air to open up. This is a monster wine with everything turned up to 11. I served this alongside a Niepoort Coche to illustrate the difference in body and alcohol level you can see in white wines. This aptly played the role of the big-bodied exemplar. Very ripe, and in some ways almost cartoonish. (1915 views) | | | Tasted by prism on 3/24/2024 & rated 94 points: P & P; just a glass. Delicious as expected, but seems young and somewhat underdeveloped. Will wait a few years on the next one. (2019 views) | | | Tasted by Mark1npt on 2/13/2024 & rated 95 points: Birthday/Valentine's Day bottle at Alexander's Garden......Carol was so cute arranging a birthday dinner for me, not knowing that I was arranging an early Valentine's dinner for her.......
Slow ox'd this with cork out of bottle for 2 hours before putting it under stopper and taking it tableside.
Vanilla, lemon cream, pear, oak and barrel spice on the nose and palate. Thoroughly enjoyed with her beet salad and my escargot. Last glass at home, after 4+ hours of slow ox reveals a bit more oak on the ending. So smooth, classy and rich.....Happy Valentine's baby. (3219 views) | | | Tasted by markcic on 1/25/2024 & rated 96 points: Absolutely brilliant The nose was peach and white flowers. The palate is white flowers, peach, a hint of tangerine and a little oak. The finish is just beautiful. As said by others, this vineyard, as with all Aubert chardonnays should not be served too cold. Served with a platter of sushi. (2770 views) | | | Tasted by Winevestor on 1/22/2024 & rated 93 points: Better than my last bottle which may have been off. Lovely classic Aubert, seems to be more restrained with the oak, but still has the Aubert precision. Great drink. (3098 views) | | | Tasted by gabedlr65 on 12/31/2023 & rated 98 points: Honey and apple. Incredible mouth coating. Sumptuous. (2989 views) | | | Tasted by Marshmallowman on 12/9/2023 & rated 97 points: Luscious, lingering, lavish, and yummy.
Pear and Honey undertones and delicious with the Red Snapper and after dinner without the Red Snapper. (3325 views) | | | Tasted by Marshmallowman on 12/1/2023 & rated 96 points: Still yummy … tasty with caramelized peaches and pears and an almond finish to it. (3088 views) | | | Tasted by SouthernStateofMind on 11/20/2023: Decanted two (2) hours. Displays intense aromas of apple, pear, lemon meringue, roasted nuts & warm brioche. Wonderful texture. An array of ripe orchard and citrus fruit flavors are united with notes of honeysuckle and marzipan placed upon mineral base. Well balanced, viscosity is leveled with active acidity that leads to long even finish. Just entering its drinking window and should reward well through the decade and beyond. (2988 views) | | | Tasted by Winevestor on 10/30/2023: Maybe I was off this day, but this wasn't as good as other Auberts I've had. Still great, but not the precise flavors I've had recently. Still a wonderful drink. I won't score it and say it was me. (3788 views) | | | Tasted by Barry Notes on 10/5/2023 & rated 94 points: PnP, chilled w/10 mins glass time. Clear, med straw color. Mineral nose. Great stuff. Med/full body/intensity. Cold stone, sharp tart edge, big fruit, red apple, young, long finish. Delicious stuff, hold at least 3 more years. Nothing off, D/J winery direct, $105 (3783 views) | | | Tasted by Wine G on 9/9/2023 & rated 98 points: Such clean and crisp and powerful wine. honeysuckle, robust bouquet on the nose, with lots green, citrus, and stone fruit notes. The palate is quite conectrated and delicious. One of the betterAubert wines I’ve had - and they have all been delicious. (3786 views) | | | Tasted by dbkitc on 8/13/2023 & rated 96 points: Simply killer, with each bottle better than the previous one. Lime and green melon give a zesty feel to this fully fruited, substantial white. This is serious and I just love it. (96) (3791 views) | | | Tasted by Dpark8 on 8/13/2023 & rated 93 points: Big body bold Chardonnay
Oaky, minerality. Sesame oil
So good (3173 views) | | | Tasted by Schiffy on 8/8/2023 & rated 98 points: Another expressive, complex Chardonnay from Aubert. Rich tropical fruits with pineapple, orange peel and pear flavors. Perfect balance with great acidity and floral notes. This is lush and delicious. (3503 views) | | | Tasted by ralaspech on 6/14/2023 & rated 94 points: Nose and palate of white flowers, pear, pineapple, tangerine. Velvety texture. Med-Med+ acidity. A little citrus rind and peach on the finish. Terrific intensity. Excellent! (3837 views) | | | Tasted by I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine on 5/28/2023 & rated 94 points: Wild and Crazy Memorial Weekend - Sunday (Chris' Castle aka Melissa's Manor): See sfwinelover1 for prep. Way young, even with all the oxygen it received, but hey, it's Aubert! Even in its impetuous youth, Aubert manages to stand out in a crowd! I prefer these wines with 6-8 years of age on them, but I am not adverse to robbing the cradle with these wines! My second favorite Chardonnay of the night....not quite up to a 17 Lauren, but still pretty darn tasty! CIX is one of my favorite vineyards at Aubert (who am I kidding, I love em all!) Stone fruit...yada yada yada...creamy ... yada yada yada...good juice! 93+ to 94 but huge upside....don't touch these until 6 years old minimum....unless you are opening one for me! (4468 views) | | | Tasted by sfwinelover1 on 5/28/2023: Best of the World Wine Night (ex-Italy) (The csimm_M Estate): Second of three from my ‘19 Aubert tranche. I don’t have a lot to add to my 8/22 note except that 1) I think it showed better than fellow guests and CT friends WBW and Bsumoba but agree that the ‘17 Lauren beat the pants off of it, and 2) despite giving it an hour and a half of air, then slow oxing for another hour and a half and having it open for 6 hours at the event, it showed considerably better on days 2 & 3, both with additional air and being given an hour at room temp before drinking. Lowering my grade ever so slightly to 96-97+, but there’s upside here, too. Highly recommended. (3996 views) | | | Tasted by bsumoba on 5/28/2023 & rated 93 points: Memorial Madness at Case de Chris y Melissa - Day 2 of 2: completely overshadowed by the 17 Lauren next to it and even the 17 VV Platt. Not a bad chard by any means, but just not its day when next to its big sister. (4504 views) | | | Tasted by WineBurrowingWombat on 5/28/2023 & rated 95 points: Memorial Day Weekend, Day 2: The Great Gatsby: Nose of dark yellow fruits with a bit of charred oak, in a good way.
Flavors matches nose completely. Nice bitterness that works as an underlying support of the fruits.
This was also good but kinda had me wanting a bit more depth and complexity. Or maybe it just wasn't fair having this next to the Lauren bottling. Still showed well though. (4470 views) | | | Tasted by markcic on 5/27/2023 & rated 96 points: A brilliant bottle of wine. Our guests came to the house prior to going to my club for dinner. We opened this bottle and a bottle of Meursault (that will be finished tonight and rated tomorrow). The nose is pear and white flowers. The palate is white flowers, pear, a hint of tangerine and a little oak. The finish is just beautiful. As said by others, this vineyard, as with all Aubert chardonnays should not be served too cold. (3561 views) | | | Tasted by Hornetsmd on 5/8/2023 & rated 98 points: Great (3686 views) | | | Tasted by royalscam on 4/1/2023 & rated 95 points: A winner! (3970 views) | | | Tasted by RossS on 2/24/2023 & rated 95 points: As good as it gets ! (4050 views) | | | Tasted by ralaspech on 2/15/2023 & rated 94 points: Similar to my prior note--a real beauty. Tasted next to '18 Kistler Durell and '18 Ramey Woolsey. The most luscious of these three excellent chardonnays. Interestingly, out of 8 of us, 3 picked this as WOTN, 3 picked Kistler and 2 picked Ramey. (3848 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By James Suckling
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| Aubert Producer websiteChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sonoma CountyMendocino CountySonoma Coast * Sonoma Coast AVA (Wikipedia)
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