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Issue: Jun 15, 2014 2012 Chardonnay Eastside Vineyard Russian River Score: 95 Designation: Highly Recommended Delicious from start to lingering finish, this is rich, broad and exotic, with tiers of complexity built around smoke, fig, apricot, citrus peel and bubble gum …

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Mark Aubert is pretty emphatic in stating that 2012 is the greatest vintage he has seen in his 29 years of making wine. Good amounts of rain during the first part of the year put the vines in the conditions …

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“…a candidate for perfection. 99-100 Points.”

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Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate During my tasting visit to the winery in August 2018, Mark Aubert informed me that they were all done picking before the fires in 2017. In fact, I had visited Aubert in 2017 at …

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Richness in chardonnay can be thrilling, as long as it delivers balance and distinctiveness. It can be impressive, expressive and artfully interpreted but, just as a great gymnast will demonstrate, the dismount or finish must be precise and on point. …

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Mark Aubert’s 2017 Chardonnays are every bit as remarkable from bottle as they were from tank. Interestingly, the Labor Day heat spikes had the effect of blocking some of the maturation of the vines. So, in a very warm and …

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A FIRST LOOK AT EXCITING NEW WINES 2017 Aubert Chardonnay CIX Estate Vineyard Sonoma Coast Score: 94 Suave and rich-tasting, with concentrated flavors of dried pear, baked apple and melon that offer a lilting creaminess. Plush and well-spiced on the …

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Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate “2017 was incredibly stressful…” recalled Mark Aubert. “The finished wines are just so intense.” Aubert had finished picking well before the fires in 2017. In fact, the Sugar Shack vineyard in Rutherford—usually the first …

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Robert Parker, Jr., The Wine Advocate Issue 216 2013 Chardonnay CIX Estate Vineyard Sonoma Coast Score: 96-100 Points The potentially perfect 2013 Chardonnay CIX Estate comes from a vineyard planted with the Montrachet clone of Chardonnay. It is already showing incredible minerality …

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I didn’t think Mark Aubert and assistant winemaker, Laura Jones, could top their brilliant 2017s, but they may have done so with these stellar 2018s. The Chardonnays in particular are brilliant. The even, cool growing season yielded Chardonnays that are …

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