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2008 Aubert Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard
12/15/2020 - gtenser wrote: 95 Points
This is drinking extremely well. Opened with a pasta/shrimp/roasted garlic/parsley on a Tues night...13 years is typically too much age for a Kistler, but Aubert Ritchie is absolutely singing. Cork disintegrated, which was a surprise - saved by the Durand. Definitely a 'drink up', but prepare for an upside surprise. Lovely bottle.
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2009 The Napa Valley Reserve
2/18/2019 - gtenser Likes this wine: 95 Points
Tasted out of magnum head to head against the 2011. 2009 won quite handily. The wine seems to be in very good place at the moment, although definitely still fruit forward. It was a sizable mouthful of bright red and black fruits, still with a solidly tannic backbone, but quite enjoyable and a real crowd-pleaser.
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2011 The Napa Valley Reserve
2/17/2019 - gtenser Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tasted out of magnum, side by side with 2009 from magnum. 2009 won the head to head hands down, but the 2011 still showed well. Less fruit forward, but refined and very enjoyable to drink. The oak should continue to become less prominent with time, hopefully allowing more fruit to shine through. But certainly enjoyable now.
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