Community Tasting Notes 48

• learningandenjoying Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 9, 2024 - G5; 4*+9+4.5+8.5*+9+4.5*+4.5=94+ Riedel Performance Chardonnay glasses at cellar temp and warming. Do NOT drink cold! Pretty much pop, pour, drink. Pale yellow-gold color with nice clarity, but not necessarily "brightness." Strong aromatics typical of Aubert with ripe orchard fruits and "kerosene/petrol" notes. Mouthfeel is smooth, crisp with an alcohol/acid close. Flavors are certainly in the pear, apple, peach orchard with that consistent petrol finish, which is not distracting and is probably best described in some other manner (tropical/ pineapple/ butterscotch/ tangerine combo?). It is all there. Add just a touch of Corton Charlemagne minerality for a very balanced profile. Finish is long (of course) with no bad notes coming or going. This is a well-balanced, well-made wine that is drinking quite well now, but there is no reason to assume it won't last many years.

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• markcic Likes this wine: 95 points

  February 24, 2024 - A beautiful chardonnay with a palate of peach, lemon rind and tangerine leading to a long, lush finish. Drank with an oven roasted branzino which my wife convinced me to make. I was pushing for swordfish. Oh well the things we do to make our ladies happy. Again, not too cold, the closer to room temperature the better.

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• Bob23 Likes this wine: 95 points

  January 14, 2024 - Full bodied and confident in who it is. Delicious, and unquestionably Aubert

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• nywine68 wrote: 96 points

  December 31, 2023 - There is nothing like that tell-tale Aubert crisp minerality which the 2018 Eastside has in spades. Lemon zest and cashew nuts. Full saturation without ever feeling heavy.

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• nkirsch Likes this wine: 95 points

  December 25, 2023 - Delicious. Crisp with lots of minerality and a full finish

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type White
• Producer Aubert
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Eastside Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Russian River Valley

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• Pending Delivery 18 (1%)
• In Cellars 2,253 (64%)
• Consumed 1,237 (35%)

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