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2005 Aubert Pinot Noir, UV Vineyard (1.5L)
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Vintage: 2005
Format: 1.5L
Wine Name: Aubert Pinot Noir
Vineyard: UV Vineyard
Designation:
Appellation: Sonoma Coast
Producer: Aubert
Varietal: Pinot Noir
Type: Red
Country: USA
Region: California
Sub-Region: Sonoma County
Alcohol:
Tasting note: The 2005 Pinot Noir UV Vineyard, another wine made from the Calera clone of Pinot Noir, and named after the superb viticultural manager Ulises Valdez, has a deep ruby/purple-tinged color and an exceptional nose of sweet raspberry, pomegranate, and currants intermixed with some spring flowers, underbrush, and forest floor notes. The wine has dazzling stuffing, expansive texture, sensational purity, and well-integrated acidity and tannin. It is a stunningly complex, grand cru Pinot Noir that should drink nicely for 10-15 or more years.
Mark Aubert is on the move, leaving Colgin Winery in favor of working for the Bryant Family Vineyard, while at the same time producing some of the world’s greatest Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs. He seems to have a plate filled with both potential and stress. The bad news is that one of his suppliers decided his Chardonnays were just too profound for the Quarry Vineyard, and will no longer sell him fruit from that source, and in 2006, there was so little Reuling available, that cuvee was not made either. In short, there are two fewer Chardonnays for the 2006 vintage! Nevertheless, those who got on the mailing list and secured some of his 2005 Chardonnays have some of the finest Chardonnays ever made in California at their beck and call. Of course, these are made from old Wente clones of Chardonnay, given full malolactic, aged on their lees, and bottled with no clarification. (95pts. Robert Parker)
Tasted: Dec. 2007
Score: 95
Drink: 2007-22
Tasting note: Smooth and richly flavored, with a mix of savory dark berry, blackberry, herb, mineral and sage flavors that are fairly explosive on the palate, yet somehow this remains elegant, balanced and very stylish. Ends with a long, lingering finish. Drink now through 2013. 220 cases made. (94pts. JL, Wine Spectator)
Tasted: Jun. 30, 2008
Score: 94
Drink: Now Through 2013
Tasting note: (from Vosne-Romanee clones) Good deep red-ruby. Knockout nose combines crushed blackberry, black raspberry, licorice and violet. Sappy, densely packed and powerful, with hugely rich, near-confectionery flavors of black fruits, wild strawberry and chocolate. There are complicating soil tones here but this is essentially a wonderfully sweet, creamy California fruit bomb of a pinot. Finishes with superb purity of fruit, fine sweet tannins, and firm balancing acidity. (94pts. Steven Tanzer)
Tasted: May/Jun 2007
Score: 94
Drink: N/A
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