Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments Comment Date Community Score More... |
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2017 Sine Qua Non Syrah The Hated HunterCentral Coast more |
9/3/2020 - csimm wrote: NR2 of 2: |
White - Sparkling |
NV André Clouet Champagne Un jour de 1911...Pinot Noir more |
4/19/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote: NRMugneret-Gibourg Chambolle-Musigny les Feusselottes Dinner (The Bristol - Chicago IL): Somewhere between oxidized and madeirized. Unpleasant. This was at least 5+ years old in market given the distributor strip.
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2015 Aubert Chardonnay UV-SL VineyardSonoma Coast more |
10/19/2022 - lvjohn Likes this wine: 95 pointsWhat can I add in describing this beautiful wine that others recently haven't said. It's great! It still tastes very fresh and shows no sign of getting old.
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2015 Aubert Chardonnay UV-SL VineyardSonoma Coast more |
12/25/2017 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 97 pointsOpened in bottle for 2 hours. Both opulent and effervescent with nice acidity. Well structured body with hefty amounts of butterscotch, honey dew, and brioche. Gentle salty salinity throughout keeps it extremely fresh. Only downside is the long and lingering finish gets slightly cut short by its youth. This will be even better in 2-3 years.
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Red |
2013 Kistler Pinot Noir Kistler VineyardSonoma Coast more |
2/17/2024 - buckeye76 Likes this wine: 94 pointsWe've always enjoyed the Pinots from Steve Kistler's own vineyards by what is now his Occidental winery. The 2013 Kistler Vineyard did not disappoint. It is drinking beautifully now and though the "experts" said drink by 2025, we thought this wine still has several years in it. Still deep red in color. Lots of black and red fruits in the nose with a savory element plus hints of licorice, spice and floral. Raspberries and plums in the flavor with a slight note of herbalness. An elegant Pinot Noir with nice depth and complexity. Medium bodied, well balanced and a medium to long finish.
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White |
2015 Aubert Chardonnay Sonoma Coastmore |
11/25/2021 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 93 pointsHint of butter on the nose, surprising but not overwhelming, lemon, sliced apple, and dry gravel, same on the palate, medium/big body, almost elegant, very tasty, at peak-time to enjoy is now, mouth filling fruit, long finish, photo uploaded.
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Red |
2016 Caparsa Chianti Classico Caparsino RiservaChianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more |
3/2/2022 - JohnMcIlwain Likes this wine: NRI think in my mind I have this picture or pictures of Chianti Classico, which are filtered through both village and producer. Monte Bernardi in Panzano is lifted and precise—nervy and taut with a pungent mineral core, that leads with elegant, pure fruit fanning out from the structure. Montesecondo in San Casciano boasts ripe red fruits and florals with deceptive structure lurking within and just enough iron and forest floor emerging from within to reveal the classic Chianti character that comes with time in the bottle. And perhaps one of my favorite expressions of Chianti Classico is the vibrant and wild Caparsa in Radda in Chianti. Especially the Caparsina Riserva, which far from exhibiting spoofiness or overt polish, seems to joyfully embrace its sauvage, wooded glen, bumptious nature. Does this display the wild/Morello cherry, forest floor, ferruginous/bloody character of Radda? Enthusiastically. But it also seems to dance to the wild song of Pan with abandon and seem assured in its lack of overt polish or worse: deracinated civility. Sure, this will shine with bistecca at a shiny trattoria, but perhaps this will be more confident on a rough-hewn farmhouse table with a ragu of freshly gathered wild mushrooms with polenta or grilled sausage fashioned from that pesky wild boar that has been devouring the precious grapes from the vines since veraison. And lest I relegate this to the rustic country cousin to so many more polished wines, one would be hard-pressed to find a more honest, forthright, soulful wine from the region. And based on prior vintages, it’s hard to imagine a contemporary Chianti that will blossom more with age, if one is patient to sock away a couple (or dozen) bottles. Re-buy? I question if the 12 bottle purchase was sufficient. Highly recommended. |
White |
2015 Aubert Chardonnay CIX Estate VineyardSonoma Coast more |
4/25/2023 - N.Bonaparte wrote: 92 points30 min in the glass helped open this up. Unmistakably new world but with very nice balance. This may have a Montrachet clone but no one in their right mind is guessing white burg here. This is in its prime but will drink well for at least another 5-7 years. No rush here.
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Red |
1995 Château Calon-SégurSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/25/2023 - VinDeVie_1 Likes this wine: 96 points1995 Calon Ségur, wow. This is a classic example of a 1995 that has started to come out of its shell. I have seen many reviews where individuals bottles fall on either side of the ready not ready line, but this one certainly was. In fact, I would say this bottle reminded me why I love Bordeaux so much after several so-so showing of late this truly had the richness and the power to be a classic.
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2014 Aubert Chardonnay Lauren Estate VineyardSonoma Coast more |
10/29/2023 - Julien D Likes this wine: 90 pointsThis is a very good wine but I have to admit I am a bit disappointed given the price tag. Or maybe the wine is in a weird phase or it’s just a bad bottle… nose is expressive with notes of butterscotch, lemon, vanilla, starfruit, lemon zest. Mouth is leaner than expected, with shape and zesty acidity. Not much complexity. Notes of lemon are overwhelming and finish is short to medium. I was expecting more given the pedigree but it could be a bottle effect
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White |
2014 Aubert Chardonnay Lauren Estate VineyardSonoma Coast more |
7/16/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 pointsDC/Chicago Wine Dinner Extravaganza (Smyth and The Loyalist - Chicago IL): In Aubert 2014 horizontal. New oak still protrudes a bit aromatically, but overall richness is charming. Powerful, fleshy and ripe, but with enough structure and brightness to hold everything together well enough... even if the fat dominates.
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2014 Aubert Chardonnay Lauren Estate VineyardSonoma Coast more |
7/16/2021 - dcwino wrote: 93 pointsAnnual gathering with Chicago winos in Chicago (Smyth and The Loyalist - Chicago IL): A bit cloudy as usual. Medium expressive nose displaying very ripe yellow fruit, lemon curd, pineapple, sweet spices, a hint of flint, crème brulee, noticeable oak/vanilla, sweet spices and limestone. Exceptional concentration, layers upon layers of concentrated yellow fruit, rich and opulent, bright acidity, medium mineral, and a long ripe yellow fruit driven finish with crème brulle and oak at the end. This shows the most oak. This seems to gain weight and developed more yellow fruit. Although enjoyable, my least favorite of the flight.
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Red |
2012 Roar Pinot Noir Sierra Mar Vineyard Santa Lucia Highlandsmore |
4/5/2020 - Sanlucar Does not like this wine: 87 pointsIn a state of rapid decline! Fruit flavors are present but quickly fading and the high alcohol (14.9%) is beginning to take over the whole show. The essence of Pinot Noir is no longer identifiable; it's just a puddle of muddy red fruits, mild oak, and alcohol. Being just 8 years old, I expected more life and some balance, but it's nearly dead & almost completely gone.
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Red |
2012 Saxum Paderewski VineyardPaso Robles Red Blend more |
4/1/2023 - jshufelt wrote: flawedVery high alcohol and almost no aromatics to speak of, along with a bit of strange funk - this reads so differently from every other Paderewski I've had that I'm assuming something is just off here.
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White |
2018 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Bourgogne-Aligotémore |
6/19/2023 - rustyRudy Likes this wine: 91 pointsAndrew recommended this, bought in DC, light yellow. Very pleasant well balanced Chardonnay, no noticeable oak, nice presence of apple and citrus fruit with a clean and tart finish
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2012 Outpost Cabernet SauvignonHowell Mountain more |
11/23/2016 - csimm wrote: 93 pointsPnP was an immediate clash between jammy blackberry and a tannic slap in the face. The finish fell apart almost immediately. DECANT!
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2013 Kistler Chardonnay Cuvée Cathleen Kistler VineyardSonoma Valley more |
5/24/2016 - BuzzzzOff Likes this wine: 96 pointsSipped a generous glass via Coravin. Magic! When you are two people, who have finished a bubble and are still awaiting your Barolo to arrive (properly breathed), Coravin offers a perfect glass of Chardonnay to bridge...because we cannot handle three bottles any longer :-(
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2013 Aubert Chardonnay CIX Estate VineyardSonoma Coast more |
10/8/2020 - dcwino wrote: 96 pointsJailbreak Wine Dinner - Krug 168, Ultramarine, MacDonald and etc. (Jailbreak Brewery, Laurel, MD): Youthful clean nose displaying ripe white fruit, white peach, golden delicious, lemon curd, lanoline, spicy spices and limestone. Excellent concentration, nicely layered ripe white and yellow fruit, rich and ripe yet also clean and precise, medium acidity, strong limestone mineral, and a long ripe white and yellow fruit driven finish with a hint of limestone and spicy spices at the end. Although big and concentrated, this is a nicely balance and precise domestic Chardonnay. It appears that there has been a slight change in wine making style since 2013 at Aubert which I prefer. Drinking nicely.
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2013 Aubert Chardonnay CIX Estate VineyardSonoma Coast more |
10/29/2021 - SouthernStateofMind wrote: NRFive (5) years removed from last visit. Similar to prior observations. Display's rich combination of tropical/stone fruit flavors on mineral backbone. Harmonious balance with not a sharp edge to be found. Fruit, alcohol and acidity are perfectly measured providing round supple presence on the palate that leads to amazingly long lip-smacking finish. Remarkable Chardonnay.
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2013 Aubert Chardonnay CIX Estate VineyardSonoma Coast more |
7/22/2018 - csimm wrote: 94 pointsTwo years ago since I last had this wine. PnP kicked out some off-putting spritz that threw the flavors all out of whack. It tasted like a Sauvignon Blanc had a love child with a super dry Riesling...with bubbles from a zero dosage Champagne. Super weird.
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2014 Lillian Winery SyrahSanta Barbara County more |
11/21/2022 - rustyRudy Likes this wine: 96 pointsReally bright cherry, candy apple, cinnamon, with a tart finish.
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2014 Aubert Chardonnay Hudson VineyardCarneros more |
7/17/2021 - lvjohn Likes this wine: 97 pointsEasily one of the top five Chardonnays we've ever tasted and they are almost all Aubert. We decanted it for about 30 minutes and it might have deserved more. It was an amazing taste experience with loads of sweet citrus and white fruits with some tropical flavors thrown in for good measure. It seems almost like a french Sauternes without the sweetness. There was a creaminess to the flavors such as I've never tasted previously. Great mouthfeel and aftertaste without a hint of anything out of place. Drink it now.
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2014 Aubert Chardonnay Hudson VineyardCarneros more |
10/4/2018 - csimm wrote: 94 pointsInviting and agreeable, with a moderate sex appeal and soft porn-esque delivery. Overall, fairly smooth; less glycol after 2+ hours in the decanter. Notes of lemon curd, lemon verbena, vanilla, and clarified butter (in a good way - not buttery or over oaked).
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Comment posted by rustyRudy:
5/4/2024 8:47:00 PM - Thoroughly enjoyed the initial rant and subsequent comments. I personally love the stuff! Alban is a close second and Saxum right behind them for my taste. Most of the time SQN has something special on the nose and palate which I treasure.