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2003 Aubert Wines Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard Sonoma Coast
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2003 Aubert Wines Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard Sonoma Coast

Producer: Aubert Wines
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Chardonnay
Origin: California
Region: Sonoma

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95 Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2005

($60) Bright, pale yellow. Deep, highly complex nose melds grapefruit, pineapple, citrus skin, gunflint, light sulfides and a suggestion of charry oak. Then extremely intense in the mouth, with superb acidity giving definition to the powerful flavors. Wonderfully nuanced wine with strong mineral and soil tones. Savory rather than overly sweet. Aubert describes this as his version of Batard-Montrachet, saying it has more volume and acidity than the otherworldly 2002, which rated 96 points a year ago. I don't find this quite as tactile today but it may well be an even larger wine.

96 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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