Aubert
Sugar Shack Chardonnay
Napa Valley, California, USA
My snowboarding bud just opened a pizza joint in Montclair, NJ. Making dough from scratch and serving it quick, and the quality!!!
SugarShack became the pizza’s perfect foil. Lovely butterscotch notes on the nose transitioned to citrus notes on the mid palate. Just enough acid to caress the Italian mozzarella. I love the moderate sweetness this wine possesses. Overall, another excellent example.
My snowboarding bud just opened a pizza joint in Montclair, NJ. Making dough from scratch and serving it quick, and the quality!!!
SugarShack became the pizza’s perfect foil. Lovely butterscotch notes on the nose transitioned to citrus notes on the mid palate. Just enough acid to caress the Italian mozzarella. I love the moderate sweetness this wine possesses. Overall, another excellent example.
95+ here. While the price hikes are frustrating (across almost everyone, unfortunately), these are still so good and worth it (to a degree). These are my wife’s favorite wines, and when she wants one, I’m happy to open and indulge!
Double decanted for an hour, then followed out of bottle the next two hours.
Being the only Napa Chardonnay in the portfolio, I love these (and Hudson) earlier on than the others as the opulent factor is dialed up. Yellow-gold in the glass. Tropical yellow fruits, ginger, baking spices and honey roasted cashews aromatically. Killer texture on the palate…rich but not flabby. Lemon cream, cinnamon, honeycomb, ripe white peach upfront before a sweet/savory spice at the finish. Even on the early side, this is ready to rock. Open now with a decant, or hold for a few more years before it sheds baby fat (but I love that about Aubert).
95+ here. While the price hikes are frustrating (across almost everyone, unfortunately), these are still so good and worth it (to a degree). These are my wife’s favorite wines, and when she wants one, I’m happy to open and indulge!
Double decanted for an hour, then followed out of bottle the next two hours.
Being the only Napa Chardonnay in the portfolio, I love these (and Hudson) earlier on than the others as the opulent factor is dialed up. Yellow-gold in the glass. Tropical yellow fruits, ginger, baking spices and honey roasted cashews aromatically. Killer texture on the palate…rich but not flabby. Lemon cream, cinnamon, honeycomb, ripe white peach upfront before a sweet/savory spice at the finish. Even on the early side, this is ready to rock. Open now with a decant, or hold for a few more years before it sheds baby fat (but I love that about Aubert).
Pristine, bright and drum tight. Kudos to Aubert. Nine years in and this is still youthful, it’s like it was bottled a year ago.
Pristine, bright and drum tight. Kudos to Aubert. Nine years in and this is still youthful, it’s like it was bottled a year ago.
May 29th, 2023I shit you not. Was organizing our overflow of wines, and stumbled across a case of Aubert!
I reached in a grabbed whatever came out, et voilà…
Honeycomb nose, combines with a light caramel and nutmeg notes on the mid palate. Viscous mouthfeel, moderate sweetness and very little acidity imply early drinking
I shit you not. Was organizing our overflow of wines, and stumbled across a case of Aubert!
I reached in a grabbed whatever came out, et voilà…
Honeycomb nose, combines with a light caramel and nutmeg notes on the mid palate. Viscous mouthfeel, moderate sweetness and very little acidity imply early drinking
Well how funny - had at your house Saturday and then at house Sunday - great minds think alike
Well how funny - had at your house Saturday and then at house Sunday - great minds think alike
Jul 19th, 2021
I enjoyed this more than the Marcassin 2013 I had earlier in the week. There is superb balance and detail and unlike the Marcassin, it showed restraint and elegance rather than pure richness and opulence. A very well made wine.
I enjoyed this more than the Marcassin 2013 I had earlier in the week. There is superb balance and detail and unlike the Marcassin, it showed restraint and elegance rather than pure richness and opulence. A very well made wine.
May 1st, 2021
Medium golden yellow in appearance. A bit sweet on the nose with butter, brioche, baked apples and lemon curd. Rich acidity (6/10) and full bodied. Complex with layers of lemon curd, apples, rich peaches, white flowers and a touch of gravel. Long and lingering finish. Drink till 2027.
Medium golden yellow in appearance. A bit sweet on the nose with butter, brioche, baked apples and lemon curd. Rich acidity (6/10) and full bodied. Complex with layers of lemon curd, apples, rich peaches, white flowers and a touch of gravel. Long and lingering finish. Drink till 2027.
Mar 3rd, 2019Another 4th Friday for the books!
Signature sweet lemon cream on the nose with crushed rock and grilled pear. Lemon peel and citrus on the palate...not as powerful as their Lauren or CIX maybe, but more heft here than Hudson and Larry Hyde. Fantastic, as expected.
Another 4th Friday for the books!
Signature sweet lemon cream on the nose with crushed rock and grilled pear. Lemon peel and citrus on the palate...not as powerful as their Lauren or CIX maybe, but more heft here than Hudson and Larry Hyde. Fantastic, as expected.
Again, good not great. Slightly disappointed. Backwards 🙃. Caught it on a okay day🤷🏻♂️
Again, good not great. Slightly disappointed. Backwards 🙃. Caught it on a okay day🤷🏻♂️
Jun 13th, 2018My first Sugar Shack. Very mineral driven at first, but that has died off. One of my favorite noses of burnt popcorn kernel and lemon zest. Quite lemon dominant on the palate...more than any other Aubert chard I’ve had. Small bit of cream on the finish. Very balanced.
My first Sugar Shack. Very mineral driven at first, but that has died off. One of my favorite noses of burnt popcorn kernel and lemon zest. Quite lemon dominant on the palate...more than any other Aubert chard I’ve had. Small bit of cream on the finish. Very balanced.
Dec 29th, 2017