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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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  • The Wine Advocate Issue 233, October 2017

    Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate Issue 233 2016 Chardonnay CIX Estate Vineyard Sonoma Coast Score: 98-100 Points The 2016 Chardonnay CIX Estate is beguiling in its complexity and singularity, offering up scents of smoked nuts, waxed lemons, crushed rocks and …

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  • Wine Spectator – July 31, 2019 – Annual Chardonnay Report

    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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  • Jan 2017 Vinous – Antonio Galloni

    Mark Aubert describes 2015 as a year with tiny clusters that resulted from the cumulative effects of the drought and poor weather during flowering. The freakish weather resulted in a compact harvest that lasted about 3-4 weeks. Because of the …

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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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