Chapter 4 Fine and Rare Wines

"The 2017 Chardonnay Sugar Shack is produced from Montrachet clone vines grown in Rutherford (Napa Valley). POW! It comes charging out of the glass, all guns blazing! Notes of lemon tart, lime…

"The 2014 Pinot Noir Uv-sl is made from both the Vosne-Romane and Calera clones of Pinot Noir. This is pure Sonoma Coast Pinot, with a sweet nose of root beer, blackcurrants, black cherries, and…

(97-99 points) "The 2016 Chardonnay Uv-sl has a very sexy nose of apple pie and apricot preserves over suggestions of coriander seed, fennel and chalk dust, plus a waft of orange blossoms. The palate…

"Park Avenue is a brand new, single-vineyard label for Aubert. This site was purchased by Mark Aubert in 2013. It had previously been an apple orchard but has since been planted to mostly Hyde Clone…

"The 2016 Chardonnay CIX Estate is beguiling in its complexity and singularity, offering up scents of smoked nuts, waxed lemons, crushed rocks and coriander seed with hints of crusty bread,…

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"The 2018 Chardonnay Uv-sl springs from the glass with wonderfully intense notes of candied orange peel, pink grapefruit and white peaches with suggestions of crme caramel and spice cake plus…

"Recently expanded to 2.5 acres, Sugar Shack is at the Aubert's residence, in the western hills of Rutherford. Planted to a selection from Montrachet and farmed by David Abreu, the 2021 Chardonnay…

A small vineyard on the site of the Aubert's residence on the western side of Rutherford, Sugar Shack is the warmest site in the portfolio. Farmed by.