2002 Aubert Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (79) Avg Score: 93.2 points

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  9/25/2023 - shafer1994 Likes this wine: 99 Points

  Fantastic wine: symbiosis of power and elegance! Deep yellow, on the borderline to gold. Delicate but also voluptuous nose. Supercomplex on the palate with tropical fruits, lychee, applecrumble, brioche, honey, vanilla. Wonderful concentration, thick and balsamic texture. Did offer its charme immediately after cork was out but got bigger and bigger in the course of the evening. Long, opulent and deep finish where you are in harmony with the universe. An unique experience.

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  10/1/2022 - Zweder wrote: 96 Points

  Beautiful and luxurious bouquet which is note extremely expressive. Vanilla and caramel. On the palate ripe yellow fruits, very full bodied and expressive. Very tasty with a lot of different impressions. Really beautiful and impressive wine.

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  8/16/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points

  Some Wine Tasted During the Chicago Air & Water Show Warm-ups (Montrose Harbor - Chicago IL): So much ripe and rich orchard fruit with stone fruit, nicely mature while so spiced and nuanced with just a little bit of butterscotch for even more complexity. So much here, shockingly bright and long.

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  12/31/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points

  Ripe peach, toasted hazelnut and some faint tropical hints. Very good weight, depth and length. Also very richness, but certainly well balanced, even if not “elegant.” Great freshness for its age. Purchased directly from Aubert upon release and stored correctly since. So much better vs another bottle from a different cellar tasted 6 months ago.

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  6/9/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote: 82 Points

  Chicago Wine Flock...Ken Goes Cult Cab (Chez Kailin - Northbrook IL): Tasted double blind in what turned out to be an Aubert Ritchie flight. Well past its peak, even if still showing good concentration. Not consistent with my last time with this wine, from 2 years ago.

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