2020 Aubert Chardonnay Larry Hyde & Sons

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 94.2 points

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  3/16/2024 - kkleg Likes this wine: 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…

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  3/2/2024 - Wine_Poobah Likes this wine: 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.

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  2/10/2024 - prism wrote: 92 Points

  Excellent Chardonnay; very well made.

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  1/14/2024 - rlove wrote: 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.

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  12/1/2023 - rcg62 Does not like this wine:

  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.)

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