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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94.4 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 20 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by JPF16 on 5/10/2024 & rated 96 points: Aubert is the benchmark. (174 views) | | | Tasted by nkirsch on 5/4/2024 & rated 95 points: outstanding. balanced between crisp, Carneros style with just a bit of smooth buttery finish. (418 views) | | | Tasted by kkleg on 3/16/2024 & rated 93 points: Bold aroma, with notes of banana, lemon, wet stone, saline, and cloves. The palate is also bold, with cinnamon and buttery notes. Very long finish. Falls just short of 94. We’ll see what more time brings… (1225 views) | | | Tasted by Wine_Poobah on 3/2/2024 & rated 96 points: Totally different than my last bottle - this one was way more oxidized and buttery and ripe.
Incredibly complex aroma of rich banana, vanilla and butter - smells just like bananas foster. Secondary notes of papaya, plantain, stone fruit and pineapple. Rich, dense, sweet tropical flavor with an herbal finish. Super concentrated with a long finish. Good structure.
This is a knockout wine but I’m backing this down to a 96 from my prior 98. (1240 views) | | | Tasted by prism on 2/10/2024 & rated 92 points: Excellent Chardonnay; very well made. (1304 views) | | | Tasted by rlove on 1/14/2024 & rated 91 points: Aubert's 2020 Larry Hyde presents a nose of pear, citrus oil, and white flower. Medium bodied, rich, very slight phenolic edge. Good length to the spice-laden finish. (1798 views) | | | Tasted by rcg62 on 12/1/2023: Overwhelming reductive nose. All sulphur. Writing this after trying to let it breath for 1/2 hour but no change. Not much better on the palate. I have never had this experience with an Aubert. I’m not going to rate it, but this one barely drinkable. Would be wary.
(Note: Later reached out to Aubert. They said I was tasting “reduction” but it shouldn’t be so prominent. No offer of a refund. Ha.) (1860 views) | | | Tasted by Ian_Rhie on 7/15/2023 & rated 96 points: PNP. Petroleum tastes at first, an hour later, developed beautifully. must buy when meet again. (2683 views) | | | Tasted by ta75 on 7/8/2023 & rated 92 points: Very good wine, needs a couple years to mellow out. Great balance with an elegance that proves its worth. 92-93+ (2374 views) | | | Tasted by jviz on 4/27/2023 & rated 94 points: This was delicious and drained quickly. Rich and somewhat heady, tropical fruits of papaya, vanilla extract, grilled pineapple and carmelized pear lead the way. The oak is integrated and it is fine to drink now. A sharp spine of acidity keeps the ripeness in balance. (2971 views) | | | Tasted by Wine_Poobah on 1/20/2023 & rated 98 points: Loads of meyer lemon and sweet stone fruits (peach, pear, nectarine, lime) with secondary notes of vanilla and herbs. Very long tangerine finish. Extremely complex and well balanced with a mineral edge. Thick, viscous, oily texture but also elegant with lots of finesse - an iron fist in a velvet glove.
Gave this an hour decant which was perfect. This going places, but it’s also damn tasty right now. Drink or hold. (3308 views) | | | Tasted by huevosconvino on 10/6/2022 & rated 96 points: Opened the bottle and let it rest for 45 minutes. Fabulous wine, coming along nicely. Wish I had more. Hints of pine and dusty minerals, fascinating and delicious. (4079 views) | | | Tasted by rlove on 7/23/2022 & rated 91 points: Pear, lemon confit, white flower, and an appealing sea breeze note define the beautiful nose of the medium-full bodied 2020 Larry Hyde & Sons. Quite a bit of oak, as is typical for Aubert, but as is also typical for this producer the oak is integrated and balanced into a stellar wine, even today. More subtle and elegant than other vintages, finishing with a pleasing saline minerality. Good. (3966 views) | | | Tasted by huevosconvino on 7/17/2022 & rated 96 points: Amazing as before, really evolves over a few hours! I love pairing with a fresh salad of crisp heirloom tomato, lemon olive oil, light balsamic vinegar, and shichimi togarashi. Brings out the smoky lime character of this wine, which is fabulous. (3713 views) | | | Tasted by Wine G on 6/3/2022 & rated 94 points: Excellent, bright and clear, tons of lemon custard, and acidity and length, just delicious. (3823 views) | | | Tasted by Matt Scott on 3/27/2022 & rated 96 points: Lime blossom, honeysuckle, ginger, orange marmalade and mineral for days. This is exacting and very focused, then during the long, flowing finish this becomes very expansive. Layered and percolating, with persistence and measure. There’s an almost oily texture. One to age for a long time and still quite attractive today. Even better on day two. Drink 2024 - 2036. (4919 views) | | | Tasted by huevosconvino on 3/17/2022 & rated 96 points: Decanted for 90 minutes, chilled to 55 degrees F or so. Used the same Zalto-style glass as prior Aubert tastings. Sharp, precise aroma profile of lemon/lime citrus, honeycomb, and oak. Sweet and tart mouthfeel, with Meyer lemon and apricot primary flavors plus lime zest and mineral aftertaste. Assertive, memorable, delicious. Will benefit from 2-3 more years of aging; acidity is quite strong now. I expect this wine to shine after 3-4 hours of air time at this point. (3628 views) |
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Vinous, Sonoma’s Sensational 2021s (Aug 2023) (8/1/2023)
(Aubert Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard Napa White) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (10/31/2022)
(Aubert Chardonnay Napa Valley Carneros Larry Hyde & Sons Vineyard, United States) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, The 2019 Napa Valley Cabernets: A Deep Dive (Jan 2022) (1/1/2022)
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| Aubert Producer websiteAubert Chardonnay Larry Hyde & SonsThe vineyard has a simple moniker, “a warm spot in a cool place.” This unique climate allows us to achieve optimally ripe grapes with a vin-de-garde personality. Soils of Carneros are thin and the vines struggle to find nutrients, thus low vigor is the norm. The wine exhibits organic notes derived from the soil, while the palate reveals immense depth and complexity. Chardonnay 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 Napa / SonomaSONOMA: The Yorkville Highlands AVA, approved in 1998, is located in the southwestern corner of Mendocino County, between Sonoma County's Alexander Valley to the South and Mendocino County!s Anderson Valley to the North. The region is 25 miles long, roughly in the shape of rectangle and bisected by Highway 128 which runs the length of the AVA. The region!s terrain is hilly and forested, with elevations ranging from 1,078 to 2,442 feet above sea level.
The distinguishing features of the Yorkville Highlands AVA are rocky soils with a high gravel content and the climate, which is cooler than Alexander Valley but warmer than Anderson Valley, and significantly cooler at night than the surrounding areas.CarnerosStraddles the southern ends of Napa & Sonoma Counties. |
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