Lot 196
AUBERT CHARDONNAY LAUREN VINEYARD 2011 (2) WA 95
AUBERT CHARDONNAY LAUREN VINEYARD 2012 (3) WA 98+
Lot 196 Details
AUBERT CHARDONNAY LAUREN VINEYARD 2011 (2)
Sonoma County.
u. 2 x 1 cm. 1 x scuffed label
Aubert’s 2011 Chardonnay Lauren Vineyard flows across the palate with hints of butter, marzipan, spices, nectarines and dried apricots. Rich, voluptuous and creamy, the 2011 is another of the more overt wines in this range. Still, there is more than enough underlying minerality to balance the fruit. The old Wente and Montrachet clones work well here, but the vines are only 12 years old, which suggests the best is still very much in the future. April 2013 WA 95
AUBERT CHARDONNAY LAUREN VINEYARD 2012 (3)
Sonoma County.
u. 3 x 1 cm. 2 x scraped labels
Mark Aubert is one of the contenders for California’s finest practitioner of Burgundian-styled, yet classic, California Chardonnays. His offerings are all made like grand cru Burgundies with full malolactic, the use of French oak and lees stirring, but the purity of fruit, the textural dimensions, and the stunning singularity of these Chardonnays can only be matched by a handful of other Chardonnay producers in the world. He’s that good. December 2014 WA 98+