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2005 Aubert Wines Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard Sonoma Coast
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2005 Aubert Wines Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard Sonoma Coast

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

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96(+?) Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2007

($70; 100% new oak; 15.1% alcohol) Slightly hazy greenish-yellow color. Captivating, highly nuanced nose offers lime zest, lemon candy, nutmeg and crushed stone. Dense, thick and powerful, but for all its intensity this offers a magically light touch. The pineapple and crushed stone flavors are framed and intensified by sappy, perfectly integrated acidity and complicated by a leesy element. Boasts a truly three-dimensional texture that's rare for a dry white wine, not to mention extraordinary sweetness of fruit and length. Still quite young.

93 Points | Wine Spectator
96 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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