2005 Aubert Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (196) Avg Score: 93.2 points

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  7/16/2023 - Cow Town Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Still drinking really well. had it alongside a 2018 Lauren, and nobody could tell this was 18 years old.

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  9/4/2021 - JRockEsq Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Method: splash decanted, rebottled and consumed 2 hours later; Grassl 1855
  
  Look: medium gold; medium amount of very slow legs; low turbidity
  
  Nose: minerality, salt rock, yellow apple, light lemon; expressive
  
  Palate: Meyer lemon, minerality, yellow apple, honeysuckle, light caramel, light salinity; long- finish of flint, gun smoke, white pepper, mineral, light copper; dry; medium- body; high- acidity; low- superfine tannin
  
  Update on Night 2: didn't take note, but it evolved very nicely overnight with a really nice butterscotch note and more roundness.
  
  Overall thoughts: This is the oldest Aubert I've had an I'm really surprised and impressed. I was worried it might be a little past its prime, but it was actually much more youthful than I was expecting. It showed very Burgundian to me on the first day, with a ton of minerality higher acidity, and a nice little grip from a bit of tannin. However, on day 1, it showed quite younger than I prefer and was more about potential for me. During this initial taste, I scored the wine 89 points (i.e., very good) with good upside.
  
  The wine showed its age much more on day two and I probably would've scored it 92 - 93 point had I taken notes. Taken together, I'll bump my score to a 90 for now, with a good amount of upside -- maybe 93+ in the future. Great wine that I would wait 5 or so years before trying again.

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  1/7/2021 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Beautiful color for,it’s age and opened,up for a long tim with a long lingering finish. Wow.

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  5/2/2020 - tzelmer wrote: 93 Points

  The last of these. Pretty well mature. The apply fruit is fading and the nutty and caramel notes are starting to come on. I like some slight oxidation so I enjoy this, however there is not enough acidity to keep cellaring. I would drink these if you have them.. have enjoyed all of these. Great evolution. Would prefer a bit more structure.

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  1/19/2019 - jsmorris707 wrote: 95 Points

  SO'd for an hour, deep gold, very Burgundian & would have guessed 15-20 yrs old; delicious & ready to drink
  
  Overruled by the brown bag group who felt that this was probably premoxed or some other flaw

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