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  • Wine Spectator Insider – July 30, 2014 Semi-Annual Report

    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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  • Jan 2014 Vinous – Antonio Galloni

    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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  • The Wine Advocate Issue 210, December 2013

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

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  • Jan 2015 Vinous – Antonio Galloni

    I was deeply impressed with the wines I tasted at Aubert this year. Mark Aubert told me the conversions from sugar to alcohol were a bit lower than normal, which means the 2013s are in the low 15%s in alcohol. …

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  • Wine Spectator – Spring 2020 – Producer Spotlight

    Mark Aubert’s Opulent Chardonnays Napa Valley–based vintner Mark Aubert is one of the top producers of California Chardonnay. He draws on his own estate sources, along with a bevy of leading vineyard sites in Sonoma and Napa counties, to make …

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  • The Wine Advocate Issue 222, December 2015

    Robert Parker, Jr., The Wine Advocate Issue 222 2014 Chardonnay CIX Estate Vineyard Sonoma Coast Score: 98-100 Points The 2014 Chardonnay CIX looks killer and may even eclipse the 2013. It is even denser, richer and fuller, with much of the same …

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  • James Suckling, Weekly Tasting Report – December 2020

    We rated the 2018 Aubert chardonnays this week and one Aubert wine shares line honors for a perfect 100-point score. The Aubert Chardonnay Sonoma Coast Lauren Estate 2018 is the first white wine from the USA to receive a coveted …

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  • Jan 2016 Vinous – Antonio Galloni

    This is a fabulous set of wines from Mark Aubert. The Chardonnays in particular are exceptional. In my view, Aubert’s wines, especially the Chardonnays, have become more refined over last few years, something Mark Aubert attributes to moving into his …

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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 Issue 227, October 2016

    Robert Parker, Jr., The Wine Advocate Issue 227 2015 Chardonnay CIX Estate Vineyard Sonoma Coast Score: 98-100 Points The 2015 Chardonnay Cix Estate is 100% Montrachet clone and shows notes of liquified stones, quince, honeysuckle, caramelized citrus, and hints of …

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