Aubert Wines

Mark Aubert was raised in nearby St. Helena and returned to the Napa Valley after university graduation. His career in winemaking began in 1989 at Peter Michael under the tutelage of Helen Turley, which led to his time at Colgin, Sloan, Futo and then Bryant Family. He and his wife Teresa founded Aubert Wines in 1999. The first vintage was 2000, and the first single-vineyard wine bottled under Aubert was a 2000 Chardonnay from Ritchie Vineyard in Sonoma County; the first Aubert Pinot Noir came from Reuling Vineyard in 2002. He last consulted for other wineries in 2009 and has since focused entirely on Aubert Wines.

• Career began in 1989 at Peter Michael under Helen Turley, then Colgin, Sloan, Futo and Bryant Family
• Founded Aubert Wines with his wife Teresa in 1999; first vintage 2000
• First single-vineyard release: a 2000 Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay; first Pinot Noir from Reuling Vineyard in 2002
• 2009 was his last year consulting for others

Mark Aubert and Teresa Aubert are the proprietors. Mark crafts the wines. Teresa, who holds a BS in Business Administration from California State University, Chico, runs the business side of Aubert, which includes managing the Aubert wine allocations. The winery is at 333 Silverado Trail in Calistoga, and visits to its Tasting Salon are by appointment, with reservation priority given to actively purchasing members of the mailing list. In 2025 Aubert acquired the 2.25-acre Brian Arden property and winery in Calistoga, but not the Brian Arden brand.

• Mark Aubert and Teresa Aubert, proprietors
• Teresa Aubert runs the business side, including managing the wine allocations
• Winery at 333 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; Tasting Salon visits by appointment
• 2025: acquired the 2.25-acre Brian Arden property and winery, not the brand

Aubert's estate vineyards are Lauren, CIX, Park Avenue and Powder House in Sonoma County and Sugar Shack in Rutherford. Lauren, the first Estate Chardonnay, is named after the Auberts' daughter and sits in the Forestville hills on gravelly Goldridge soil; it was planted in 1999 on a former apple orchard. CIX, the second estate vineyard developed, takes its name from the vineyard map parcel number (109), shares its eastern fence line with Lauren, and grows mostly Chardonnay with a small amount of Pinot Noir on very white soil. Park Avenue was the fifth Estate Chardonnay to come into production and the second Estate Pinot Noir. Powder House, in the old town of Forestville, is named for a neighboring structure that stored gunpowder. Sugar Shack, the home estate, covers 7+ acres in Rutherford and was planted to Chardonnay by David Abreu in 2009. Beyond the estates, UV was planted in 2001 by the late vineyard manager Ulises Valdez Sr. on a mix of sand and dense clay, and UV-SL sits at his home estate on Stoetz Lane, six miles from the Pacific Ocean. Larry Hyde & Sons in Carneros is the coolest site, propagated with a rare Chardonnay clone hand selected by Larry Hyde and offered to Aubert in the mid 2000s. Aubert has worked with the Hudson Vineyard grower in Carneros since 2014, and Eastside is its only Russian River AVA Chardonnay. Aubert purchases grapes from Eastside, UV and UV-SL.

• Estates: Lauren, CIX, Park Avenue and Powder House in Sonoma County; Sugar Shack (7+ acres) in Rutherford
• CIX is named for vineyard map parcel number 109 and shares its eastern fence line with Lauren
• UV planted in 2001 by the late Ulises Valdez Sr.; UV-SL sits on Stoetz Lane, six miles from the Pacific
• Larry Hyde & Sons and Hudson in Carneros; Eastside is the only Russian River AVA Chardonnay

The winery describes its Chardonnay as a hedonistic style made to age for at least a decade, and its Pinot Noir as combining complex soil-borne aromatics with ripe, full-bodied structure. Aubert Chardonnay is typically in the 15% alcohol range. It is always barrel fermented with no stirring of the lees, and full malolactic fermentation is allowed to occur naturally; native yeast ferments are cold and slow, sometimes taking up to 6 months, and the wine is aged in up to 75% new French oak barrels for about 10 months before moving to stainless steel tanks. Yields are typically under 2.5 tons per acre. Pinot Noir winemaking includes whole-cluster fermentation with native yeasts and long macerations on the skins. The 2024 Lauren and CIX Chardonnays are slightly hazy, reflecting minimal intervention winemaking. Starting with the 2022 bottlings of Pinot Noir, Aubert switched to bottles which are 30% lighter.

• Chardonnay typically in the 15% alcohol range
• Chardonnay barrel fermented with native yeast and aged in up to 75% new French oak for about 10 months
• Pinot Noir made with whole-cluster fermentation, native yeasts and long macerations
• Pinot Noir bottles 30% lighter from the 2022 bottlings

The lineup includes Chardonnay from CIX, Eastside, Hudson, Larry Hyde & Sons, Lauren, Park Avenue, Powder House, Sugar Shack and UV-SL, and Pinot Noir from CIX, Park Avenue, UV and UV-SL. CIX is Aubert's first ever Estate Pinot Noir, and Park Avenue, grown in the Sebastopol Hills, is the first addition to its Pinot Noir production in twelve years. The first production of Lauren Estate wine was in 2003. Pinot Noir is about 25% of Aubert's production, and the 2023 Hudson Vineyard Chardonnay was the first vintage produced since 2019 due to replanting. Wine Spectator named the Aubert Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast UV Vineyard 2018 its Wine No. 2 of 2020 in its Top 100, with a score of 95 and 993 cases made.

• Chardonnay: CIX, Eastside, Hudson, Larry Hyde & Sons, Lauren, Park Avenue, Powder House, Sugar Shack, UV-SL
• Pinot Noir: CIX, Park Avenue, UV, UV-SL
• Pinot Noir is about 25% of production
• Wine Spectator's Wine No. 2 of 2020: Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast UV Vineyard 2018, 95 points

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