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…He is clearly at the pinnacle of his profession. Kudos! –Robert Parker, Jr., The Wine Advocate, Issue 216, Dec 2014

The winner of this item receives one bottle each of:

• 2013 Aubert Chardonnay UV-SL Vineyard Sonoma Coast


• 2013 Aubert Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard Sonoma Coast

2013 Aubert Chardonnay UV-SL Vineyard Sonoma Coast
Score: 96, Antonio Gallioni
Drinking Window: 2017 – 2027

Dried pear, apricot pit, spices and crushed rocks blossom in the 2013 Chardonnay UV-SL Vineyard. Here the flavors are vivid, nuanced and resonant to the core. Brighter, saline-infused notes emerge as the wine opens up in the glass. This is another striking Chardonnay endowed with magnificent balance of generous fruit and explosive energy. Readers can look forward to a decade-plus of exceptional drinking.

2013 Aubert Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard Sonoma Coast
Score: 97, Antonio Gallioni
Drinking Window: 2017 – 2027

The 2013 Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard is translucent and weightless, yet also magnificent in its depth. Graphite, slate, smoke, incense, lemon and white peach emerge from the glass, but only with great reluctance. The Ritchie is the most reticent wine in this range, but it is in many ways the most intriguing. Intensely mineral and nuanced, the 2013 Ritchie will thrill those lucky enough to own it for another decade-plus. I can’t wait to see how this develops in bottle. The 2013 was done in 100% new oak, yet there is virtually no trace of oak at all.