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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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  • June 2018 – Jeb Dunnuck

    Located in Napa yet pulling mostly from top sites in Sonoma and Carneros, Mark Aubert continues to work his magic with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These latest releases show the elegant, balanced style of the 2016 vintage, yet still have …

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 – 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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  • Vinous – January 2020 – 2017 & 2018 Napa Valley In Depth

    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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