Articles and Reviews
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Vinous – May 2022 – 2011 Napa Valley at Age Ten
Mark Aubert showed me a set of stunning 2011 Chardonnays during our most recent tasting, all from magnum. Over the years, I have learned that the Aubert Chardonnays start to show their best with at least a few years in …
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Vinous – May 2024
This recent tasting with Mark Aubert and his team was one of the most remarkable I have had in over a decade of visits. I was deeply impressed not just with the quality of the wines but also with the …
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Wine Spectator – June 2023
Mark Aubert Applies a Bordeaux Mentality to Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir Aubert’s trio of 2021 single-vineyard Sonoma Pinots hits all the right notes, and a tasting of library wines reveals what to expect down the road.—James Molesworth 2021 Aubert Pinot …
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The Wine Advocate – December 2022 – Spotlight on Aubert
Joe Czerwinski, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate My tasting with Mark Aubert was one of the most anticipated visits of my first year reviewing Napa wines for Robert Parker Wine Advocate. Having read years of previous reviews—and sampling the occasional bottle …
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The Wine Independent – September 2023 – Location, Location, Location
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Independent As fans know, Mark Aubert is a Chardonnay specialist and among the best producers of this variety worldwide. Since the beginning, Mark has been upfront and unwavering about his expression of Sonoma and Napa Chardonnay, …
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Vinous – January 2021
Mark Aubert’s 2019s are fabulous. The wines clearly benefit from a stable growing season that saw less heat than 2018, especially towards the end of the season. The Chardonnays are now so consistent that choosing among them really comes down …
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The Wine Advocate – January 2021 – Spotlight on Aubert
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate California has maybe half a dozen of consistently extraordinary Chardonnay producers. That is to say, winemakers of this grape that stand shoulder to shoulder with the best in the world. Winemakers that do not …
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Wine Spectator – Spring 2021 – Producer Spotlight
Single-Vineyard Star Mark Aubert draws on key appellations in Sonoma and Napa to make his single-vineyard Chardonnays, all of which (there are currently nine in the lineup) usually earn outstanding scores and rank among California’s best. His most recent vintage, …
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The Wine Independent – September 2022 – The Citrus Circus
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Independent One of a handful of the USA’s greatest Chardonnay producers and right up there with the top Chardonnay estates in the world, Aubert knocks it out of the park again with their latest line-up of …
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James Suckling, Purity and Zest from Napa and Sonoma – November 2022
The recent releases of Aubert lead the pack in this week’s tasting report with some fantastic chardonnays and pinot noirs. 2021 Chardonnay CIX Estate Sonoma Coast Score: 97 Points This has such gorgeous fruit character with dried lemon, pie crust, …