Label Image
2008 Aubert Wines Chardonnay Larry Hyde & Sons Carneros
Find the Lowest Price
Not Yet Rated Be the first to rate this wine
Expert Ratings
ST 92(+?)
WS 93
RP 96

read the reviews

Begin Your Search

WineAccess Travel Log

Read stories from the world's greatest wine trails.

More About This Wine

Product Details

Related Products

Additional Vintages
Other Wines from this Producer and Vintage
2008 Aubert Wines Chardonnay Larry Hyde & Sons Carneros

Producer: Aubert Wines
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Chardonnay
Origin: California
Region: Other California
Appellation: Carneros

Expert Reviews

92(+?) Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2010

($80; 15.8% alcohol; from four-year-old vines) Hazy appearance. Aromas of dried citrus peel, linden tea and hazelnut, with more vibrant notes of lemon zest and ginger emerging with aeration. Dense, strong and aromatic, with penetrating acidity buffered on the back end by a saline impression of extract. The youthful tartness and phenolic impression of this wine actually reminded me of a young Corton-Charlemagne, but this wine will require patience.

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

Member Ratings

Your Rating & Review
0 Member Ratings

Be the first to rate this wine

Greyed Out Ratings Graph

Explore

Place Image
About California

It is remarkable that an industry essentially less than a half-century old could capture the attention of the American wine-buying public to the degree that California has. Powerful consumer interest in California wine is driven by two major factors. The more obvious reason is that California's best wines, which come from grapes grown in...

Read More »

Varietal Image
Chardonnay

The best Chardonnays in the world continue to arrive from the region where the grape first emerged: the chalk, clay, and limestone vineyards of Burgundy and Chablis. While the origins of the grape were disputed for many years, with some speculating that the grape came all the way from the Middle East, DNA researchers at the University of California-Davis proved in 1999 that Chardonnay actually developed...
Read More »