The Passion of Elegant Farming
Elegant farming. This simple phrase describes our vineyard management style. It involves creating out of the soil a luxury product, wine. The ability to work in concert with the vines’ rythmic cycle allows our winemaking vision to come to fruition.
Appellations: Sonoma Coast, Napa Carneros, Russian River, Rutherford
We are scrupulous in selecting the vineyards we entrust with the Aubert promise. Patience is a cornerstone of wine; therefore, all Aubert Estate and contracted vineyards are established with a “Fifty Years of Production” expectation consisting of high quality, low yield grape harvests.
CIX
CIX is the second estate vineyard we developed. The “CIX” (109) name comes from the vineyard map parcel number. CIX Estate shares its eastern fence line with our Lauren Estate, but has a wholly different soil geology– very white soil; sea salt in color. Here we grow mostly Chardonnay and a small amount of Pinot Noir.
Eastside
Eastside is our only Russian River AVA Chardonnay. Located on a hill overlooking the expanses of the Russian River Valley, these vines grow on the rockiest of sites; a distinguishing aspect of its terroir. The rare Chardonnay clonal selection is matched to this low vigor site, equating to a remarkably powerful, yet delicately elegant wine.
Larry Hyde & Sons
Larry Hyde & Sons is where White Burgundy meets California. Home to one of only two Napa Chardonnays we produce, this is our coolest site and benefits from the maritime influence of the San Pablo Bay. Larry Hyde & Sons Vineyard was propagated with a rare clone of Chardonnay, hand selected by Larry Hyde, and offered to Aubert in the mid 2000s.
Lauren
Our first Estate Chardonnay is named after our daughter, Lauren. Located in what we call the “golden hills” of Forestville, the Lauren Vineyard features our favorite clonal selections of Chardonnay, and typically produces the most concentrated wine in the repertoire. The gravelly-Goldridge soil series is unique and adds purity and lovely perfumes to this wine.
Ritchie Vineyard
It all started here in the year 2000. Ritchie Vineyard was our first foray into single vineyard Chardonnays. Today we produce Chardonnay from the oldest blocks at Ritchie, planted nearly a half century ago. In recent years, we have also produced a small amount of Pinot Noir from the Ritchie site. Soils at Ritchie are a myraid of Goldridge based with overlying volcanic ash and various other soils.
Sugar Shack
Sugar Shack is our home estate, located on 5+ acres in the esteemed Rutherford Appellation. Here, one of just a handful of Chardonnay vineyards in this up valley proximity, we planted our most unique Chardonnay clone. We playfully named our home next to the vineyard “Sugar Shack.”
UV-SL
Named after our famed vineyard manager, Ulises Valdez (UV), and located at his home estate on Stoetz Lane (SL), this vineyard is one of only a few in the far western reaches of the Sonoma Coast. Only six miles from the Pacific Ocean, the maritime influences here are omnipresent, with warm, sun-dappled afternoons refreshed by cool ocean breezes. Aubert and Valdez collaborated nearly 10 years ago on the planting of this magnificent vineyard of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
UV
Planted in 2001 by our esteemed vineyard manager Ulises Valdez, the soil on this site is a unique mix of sand and dense clay. We refer to this stretch of soil as the “Sebastopol Clays.” This Pinot Noir benefits from the moisture trapped in the clay by allowing the grapes to achieve ripeness without excessive water stress of the warm summer months.
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